Where does “人魚姫” come from?
人魚姫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 姫, from Japanese ひめ, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.
人魚姫 (Japanese): The Little Mermaid
Ancestry of “人魚姫”, step by step
人魚姫 traces back through two 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 |
via Japanese 人魚
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 人魚 | a merperson |
| 2 | Japanese | 人 | a person, human; an individual; mankind, people |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *pitə | one |