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Where does “日曜日” come from?

日曜日 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi.

日曜日 (Japanese): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “日曜日”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日Short for 日曜日 : Sunday; the sun; sunlight,...
2Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
3Proto-Japonic*pi—
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