Where does “日本水仙” come from?

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

日本水仙 (Japanese): bunch-flowered narcissus (Narcissus tazetta)

Definitions

  1. bunch-flowered narcissus (Narcissus tazetta)

Ancestry of “日本水仙”, step by step

日本水仙 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 日本

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
2JapaneseSunday
3Old Japanesethe sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
4Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

via Japanese 水仙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese水仙narcissus
2Chinese水仙paperwhite; Chinese sacred lily; narcissus; Shui...
Every word from Proto-Japonic *piEvery word from Old Japanese Every word from Japanese
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