Awakened Lord


 The native Japanese name of the Buddha hotoke < poto2ke2 has no internal etymology and is likely to be a loanword introduced together with Buddhism. hypothesis link Korean pwuche pwuthye ‘Buddha’ their ultimate origin as deriving from Chinese rendering Sanskrit makes sense both linguistic historical point view. Still, last part forms correspondent in remained unaccounted for hitherto. From comparison pattern ‘Buddha-lord’ several Asian languages, it hypothesized that enigmatic final element was originally word ‘lord, ruler, king’. This confirmed by attestation such toponyms nobility titles recorded ancient Chinese, Korean, chronicles.