Where does “肥立つ” come from?

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

肥立つ (Japanese): to grow up, day by day

Definitions

  1. to grow up, day by day

Ancestry of “肥立つ”, step by step

肥立つ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 日

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

via Japanese 立つ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese立つto stand, to stand up, to rise; to depart; to...
2Proto-Japonictatu—

Words derived from “肥立つ”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →