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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchNipponA Japanese man, a male inhabitant of Japan
2Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
3Japanese日Short for 日曜日 : Sunday; the sun; sunlight,...
4Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
5Proto-Japonic*pi—

Words derived from “nipon”

  • niho
  • niho
  • nifo
  • nifoa
  • niho
  • niho
  • nifo
  • nifo
  • ngih
  • ngii
  • niho
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