Where does “国々” come from?

国々 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 国国, from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.

国々 (Japanese): countries

Definitions

  1. countries

Ancestry of “国々”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese国国countries
2Japanese国a land, a large place; a country in general, a...
3Old Japanese国—
Every word from Old Japanese 国 →Every word from Japanese 国 →Every word from Japanese 国国 →