Where does “太鼓” come from?

太鼓 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 太鼓, from Japanese 太, from Middle Chinese 太 — great.

太鼓 (Chinese): taiko drums

Definitions

  1. taiko drums

Ancestry of “太鼓”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese太鼓a drum; more specifically, one of various sizes...
2Japanese太fatness; a fat person, a fatty; fat-necked...
3Middle Chinese太great
Every word from Middle Chinese 太 →Every word from Japanese 太 →Every word from Japanese 太鼓 →