Where does “Japon balığı” come from?

Japon balığı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Japon, from French japon, from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Japon balığı (Turkish): goldfish

Definitions

  1. goldfish

Ancestry of “Japon balığı”, step by step

Japon balığı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Japon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishJaponJapanese, relating to Japan or Japaneses
2Frenchjaponjapanware; Japanese porcelain
3PortugueseJapãoJapanese
4MalayJepangJapanese
5Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
6Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via Turkish Balık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishBalıkPisces
2Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
3Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
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