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 — day, sun.

ngih (Pohnpeian): tooth

Definitions

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	Sunday
5	Old Japanese	日	the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
6	Proto-Japonic	*pi	day, sun

Words derived from “ngih”

ngihlap

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