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Where does “木曜日” come from?

木曜日 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi.

木曜日 (Japanese): Thursday

Definitions

  1. Thursday

Ancestry of “木曜日”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日Short for 日曜日 : Sunday; the sun; sunlight,...
2Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
3Proto-Japonic*pi—
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