Where does “Јапан” come from?

Јапан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Ancestry of “Јапан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJapan
2DutchJapan
3MalayJepangJapanese
4Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
5Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun
Every word from Middle Chinese 日本