Where does “一姫二太郎” come from?
一姫二太郎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 姫, from Japanese ひめ, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.
一姫二太郎 (Japanese): it'd be auspicious to have a daughter first, then a son
Definitions
- it'd be auspicious to have a daughter first, then a son
Ancestry of “一姫二太郎”, step by step
一姫二太郎 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 姫
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 姫 | the daughter of a high-ranking person; a woman;... |
| 2 | Japanese | ひめ | — |
| 3 | Japanese | 日 | Sunday |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 日 | the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | *pi | day, sun |