Where does “母の日” come from?

母の日 (Japanese) comes from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

母の日 (Japanese): Mother's Day

Definitions

  1. Mother's Day

Ancestry of “母の日”, step by step

母の日 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese の

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
2Old Japaneseのplain, field
3Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese 日

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

via Japanese 母

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese母mother; a woman who breastfeeds and raises a...
2Old Japaneseはは—
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →