Where does “toki” come from?

toki (Yami) comes from Japanese 時, from Old Japanese 時, from Old Japanese しだ — a time, circumstance, occasion.

toki (Yami): watch; time

Definitions

  1. watch; time

Ancestry of “toki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a...
2Old Japanese時a time, moment (in time), occasion
3Old Japaneseしだa time, circumstance, occasion
Every word from Old Japanese しだ →Every word from Old Japanese 時 →Every word from Japanese 時 →