Where does “太陽年” come from?

太陽年 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 年, from Middle Chinese 年, from Middle Chinese 代.

太陽年 (Japanese): solar year

Definitions

  1. solar year

Ancestry of “太陽年”, step by step

太陽年 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 年

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese年a year; a grade, a school year; grain,...
2Middle Chinese年—
3Middle Chinese代—

via Japanese 太陽

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese太陽the sun; greater yang; the Sun
2Middle Chinese太陽—
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Middle Chinese 年 →Every word from Japanese 年 →