Where does “給料” come from?

給料 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

給料 (Japanese): salary

Definitions

  1. salary

Ancestry of “給料”, step by step

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