Where does “闇夜” come from?

闇夜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 夜, from Old Japanese よる, from Proto-Japonic yoru, from Proto-Japonic yo — night.

闇夜 (Japanese): a dark night, a night with no moon

Definitions

  1. a dark night, a night with no moon

Ancestry of “闇夜”, step by step

闇夜 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 夜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese夜night, evening
2Old Japaneseよる—
3Proto-Japonicyorunight
4Proto-Japonicyonight

via Japanese 闇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese闇the dark, darkness; darkness, the dark; a dark...
2Middle Chinese闇—

via Japanese 暗

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese暗darkness
2Japanese暮れるget dark, for night to fall; for the season to...
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