Where does “Laut Jepang” come from?

Laut Jepang (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese Jepang, from Indonesian Jepang, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Laut Jepang (Sundanese): Sea of Japan

Definitions

  1. Sea of Japan

Ancestry of “Laut Jepang”, step by step

Laut Jepang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sundanese Jepang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SundaneseJepang—
2IndonesianJepangJapanese
3MalayJepangJapanese
4Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
5Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via Sundanese laut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneselautsea
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
3Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream
Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →Every word from Malay Jepang →