Where does “太陽光” come from?

太陽光 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 光, from Japanese 光る — to shine, gleam, glitter; to shine, stand out, be...

太陽光 (Japanese): sunlight

Definitions

  1. sunlight

Ancestry of “太陽光”, step by step

太陽光 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 光

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese光a physically perceived light; a metaphorical...
2Japanese光るto shine, gleam, glitter; to shine, stand out, be...

via Japanese 太陽

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese太陽the sun; greater yang; the Sun
2Middle Chinese太陽—
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