Where does “三日月” come from?

三日月 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 月, from Old Japanese 月, from Proto-Japonic tukuy, from Proto-Japonic tuku.

三日月 (Japanese): a crescent moon on the third day of a lunar month, especially on the eighth lunar month

Definitions

  1. a crescent moon on the third day of a lunar month, especially on the eighth lunar month

Ancestry of “三日月”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese月the moon; a natural satellite; moonlight,...
2Old Japanese月the moon; a month; a menstrual cycle,...
3Proto-Japonictukuymoon
4Proto-Japonictuku—

Words derived from “三日月”

Every word from Proto-Japonic tuku →Every word from Proto-Japonic tukuy →Every word from Old Japanese 月 →