Where does “日本標準時” come from?
日本標準時 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.
日本標準時 (Japanese): Japan Standard Time
Ancestry of “日本標準時”, step by step
日本標準時 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 日本
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 日本 | {{l|en|Japan}}; Japan |
| 2 | Japanese | 日 | Sunday |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 日 | the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *pi | day, sun |
via Japanese 標準時
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 標準時 | standard time |
| 2 | Japanese | 時 | time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 時 | a time, moment (in time), occasion |
| 4 | Old Japanese | しだ | a time, circumstance, occasion |