Where does “ひめ” come from?

ひめ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

Ancestry of “ひめ”, step by step

ひめ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 日

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日Sunday
2Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
3Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

via Japanese 女

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女a woman; a wife; a mistress, concubine
2Middle Chinese女—

Words derived from “ひめ”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →