Where does “Jepang” come from?

Jepang (Malay) comes from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Jepang (Malay): Japanese

Definitions

  1. Japanese

Ancestry of “Jepang”, step by step

Jepang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hokkien 日本

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
2Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via Hainanese 日本

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hainanese日本—
2Late Middle Chinese日本—

Words derived from “Jepang”

Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →