Where does “日和” come from?

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

日和 (Japanese): weather

Definitions

  1. weather

Ancestry of “日和”, step by step

日和 traces back through 3 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 Old Japanese 庭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese庭garden; ground; place where something is done;...

via Japanese 寄り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese寄り—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →