Where does “月夜” come from?

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

月夜 (Old Japanese): a moonlight night, moonlight evening

Definitions

  1. a moonlight night, moonlight evening

Ancestry of “月夜”, step by step

月夜 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 夜

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

via Old Japanese 月

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese月the moon; a month; a menstrual cycle,...
2Proto-Japonictukuymoon
3Proto-Japonictuku—

via Old Japanese apophonic]] and compounding form of ''tuki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseapophonic]] and compounding form of ''tuki—

Words derived from “月夜”

Every word from Proto-Japonic yo →Every word from Proto-Japonic yoru →Every word from Old Japanese 夜 →