Sun Dutch "zon", Old High German "sunna", modern German "Sonne", Old Norse "sunna", and Gothic "sunnō". All Germanic terms for the Sun stem from Proto-Germanic *"sunnōn". The Latin name for the Sun, "Sol", is used at times as another name for the Sun, but is not commonly used in everyday English. "Sol" is also used by planetary astronomers to refer to the duration of a solar day on another planet, such as Mars. The related word "solar" is the usual adjectival term used for the Sun, in terms such as solar day, solar eclipse, and Solar System. A mean Earth solar
Yes and no they actually signify agreement or disagreement with the proposition put by the question: "That's right." or "That's not right." For example: if asked, , answering with the affirmative "はい" would mean "Right, I am "not" going"; whereas in English, answering "yes" would be to contradict the negative question. Echo responses are not uncommon in Japanese. The words for "yes" and "no" in some languages originate from a process of devaluation and semantic erosion. The Hungarian strong affirmative was originally the Latin phrase , for example. German similarly is derived from the Old High German "ni ein", which means "not a