Where does “Japonia” come from?

Japonia (New Latin) comes from Chinese 日本, from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

Ancestry of “Japonia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese日本—
2Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
3Japanese日Sunday
4Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
5Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

Words derived from “Japonia”

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