Where does “乙姫” come from?

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

乙姫 (Japanese): Otohime, princess of Ryūgū Castle in the tale of Urashima Tarō

Definitions

  1. Otohime, princess of Ryūgū Castle in the tale of Urashima Tarō

Ancestry of “乙姫”, step by step

乙姫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 姫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese姫the daughter of a high-ranking person; a woman;...
2Japaneseひめ—
3Japanese日Sunday
4Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
5Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

via Japanese 乙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese乙something B; a stupid person, someone who is slow...
2Middle Chinese乙—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →