Where does “日陰” come from?

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

日陰 (Japanese): shade

Definitions

  1. shade

Ancestry of “日陰”, step by step

日陰 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 日

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日Sunday
2Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
3Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

via Japanese 陰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese陰shadow, shade; hidden side; yin
2Middle Chinese陰—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →