Where does “大阪” come from?

大阪 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 大阪, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

大阪 (Chinese): great hill; great mountain; great slope

Definitions

  1. great hill; great mountain; great slope

Ancestry of “大阪”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大阪large hill; Osaka
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →
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