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Where does “姫君” come from?

姫君 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 姫, from Japanese ひめ, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi.

姫君 (Japanese): title for a daughter of a high-ranking aristocrat...

Definitions

  1. title for a daughter of a high-ranking aristocrat...

Ancestry of “姫君”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese姫the daughter of a high-ranking person; a woman;...
2Japaneseひめ—
3Japanese日Short for 日曜日 : Sunday; the sun; sunlight,...
4Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
5Proto-Japonic*pi—
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