Where does “assai” come from?
assai (Portuguese) comes from Japanese 朝日, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi.
Ancestry of “assai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 朝日 | Rising sun, morning sun |
| 2 | Japanese | 日 | Short for 日曜日 : Sunday; the sun; sunlight,... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 日 | the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *pi | — |