Where does “来る日” come from?
来る日 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.
来る日 (Japanese): the coming days
Ancestry of “来る日”, step by step
来る日 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 日
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 日 | Sunday |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 日 | the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *pi | day, sun |
via Japanese 来る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 来る | To come; To come, to arrive |
| 2 | Japanese | 来 | next, coming; since, in; to approach one's... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 來 | — |