Where does “công chúa” come from?

công chúa (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 姫, from Japanese ひめ, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

công chúa (Vietnamese): princess, daughter of a monarch; princess,...

Definitions

  1. princess, daughter of a monarch; princess,...

Ancestry of “công chúa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesethe daughter of a high-ranking person; a woman;...
2Japaneseひめ
3JapaneseSunday
4Old Japanesethe sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
5Proto-Japonic*piday, sun
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