Where does “Jepun” come from?

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

Jepun (Malay): Japanese

Definitions

  1. Japanese

Ancestry of “Jepun”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Jepun”

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