Where does “千夜” come from?

千夜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 夜, from Old Japanese よる, from Proto-Japonic yoru, from Proto-Japonic yo — night.

千夜 (Japanese): a thousand nights

Definitions

  1. a thousand nights

Ancestry of “千夜”, step by step

千夜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 夜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese夜night, evening
2Old Japaneseよる—
3Proto-Japonicyorunight
4Proto-Japonicyonight

via Japanese 千

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese千a thousand, 1000
2Middle Chinese千—
3Old Chinese千—
Every word from Proto-Japonic yo →Every word from Proto-Japonic yoru →Every word from Old Japanese よる →