Where does “日本野兎” come from?

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

日本野兎 (Japanese): a Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus)

Definitions

  1. a Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus)

Ancestry of “日本野兎”, step by step

日本野兎 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 日本

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

via Japanese 野兎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese野兎a hare
2Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
3Middle Chinese野—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →