Where does “帰日” come from?

帰日 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

帰日 (Japanese): return to Japan

Definitions

  1. return to Japan

Ancestry of “帰日”, step by step

帰日 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 日

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日Sunday
2Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
3Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

via Japanese 帰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese帰return; arrive at
2Japanese帰化the process of taking citizenship in a foreign country; naturalization
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →