Where does “ngih” come from?
ngih (Pohnpeian) comes from Proto-Oceanic nipon, from French Nippon, from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi.
ngih (Pohnpeian): tooth
Ancestry of “ngih”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Oceanic | nipon | — |
| 2 | French | Nippon | A Japanese man, a male inhabitant of Japan |
| 3 | Japanese | 日本 | {{l|en|Japan}}; Japan |
| 4 | Japanese | 日 | Short for 日曜日 : Sunday; the sun; sunlight,... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | 日 | the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight |
| 6 | Proto-Japonic | *pi | — |