Where does “日本橋” come from?
日本橋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.
日本橋 (Japanese): Nihonbashi, surrounding a famous bridge of the same name
Definitions
- Nihonbashi, surrounding a famous bridge of the same name
Ancestry of “日本橋”, step by step
日本橋 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 橋
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 橋 | that which is constructed to connect two points... |