Where does “Yapän” come from?

Yapän (Volapük) comes from German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Yapän (Volapük): Japan

Definitions

  1. Japan

Ancestry of “Yapän”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Yapän”

Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →Every word from Malay Jepang →