Where does “ngihlap” come from?

ngihlap (Pohnpeian) comes from Pohnpeian ngih, from Proto-Oceanic nipon, from French Nippon, from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

ngihlap (Pohnpeian): molar

Definitions

  1. molar

Ancestry of “ngihlap”, step by step

ngihlap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pohnpeian ngih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pohnpeianngihtooth
2Proto-Oceanicnipon
3FrenchNipponA Japanese man, a male inhabitant of Japan
4Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
5JapaneseSunday
6Old Japanesethe sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
7Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

via Pohnpeian lap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pohnpeianlap
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi