Where does “父の日” come from?

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

父の日 (Japanese): Father's Day

Definitions

  1. Father's Day

Ancestry of “父の日”, step by step

父の日 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 父

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese父father; a father figure; God, the Holy Father
2Old Japanese父one's own father; a term of respect for males
3Proto-Japonictiblood
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →
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