Where does “白雪姫” come from?
白雪姫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 姫, from Japanese ひめ, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.
白雪姫 (Japanese): Snow White
Ancestry of “白雪姫”, step by step
白雪姫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 姫
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 姫 | the daughter of a high-ranking person; a woman;... |
| 2 | Japanese | ひめ | — |
| 3 | Japanese | 日 | Sunday |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 日 | the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | *pi | day, sun |
via Japanese 白雪
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 白雪 | white snow |
| 2 | Japanese | 白 | the color white; innocence; a white go stone |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 白 | — |