Where does “日本銀行” come from?

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

日本銀行 (Japanese): the Bank of Japan

Definitions

  1. the Bank of Japan

Ancestry of “日本銀行”, step by step

日本銀行 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 銀行

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese銀行a bank
2Japanese銀silver
3Middle Chinese銀—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanŋul ~ (d-)ŋursilver
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →