Where does “нихо́ний” come from?

нихо́ний (Russian) comes from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

нихо́ний (Russian): nihonium

Definitions

  1. nihonium

Ancestry of “нихо́ний”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
2Japanese日Sunday
3Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
4Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

Words derived from “нихо́ний”

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