Where does “新年” come from?

新年 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 年, from Middle Chinese 年, from Middle Chinese 代.

新年 (Japanese): a new year; New Year; New Year's Day

Definitions

  1. a new year; New Year; New Year's Day

Ancestry of “新年”, step by step

新年 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 新

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新a novelty
2Middle Chinese新—
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Middle Chinese 年 →Every word from Japanese 年 →