Where does “けふ” come from?

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

けふ (Old Japanese): today

Definitions

  1. today

Ancestry of “けふ”, step by step

けふ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 日

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

via Old Japanese 此

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese此this

Words derived from “けふ”

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