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