Where does “Hapõ” come from?

Hapõ (Paraguayan Guaraní) comes from Spanish Japón, from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Ancestry of “Hapõ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishJapónJapan
2PortugueseJapãoJapanese
3MalayJepangJapanese
4Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
5Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

Words derived from “Hapõ

Every word from Middle Chinese 日本Every word from Hokkien 日本Every word from Malay Jepang