Where does “Ōkuninushi” come from?

Ōkuninushi (English) comes from Japanese 大国主, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

Ōkuninushi (English): The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good love matches

Definitions

  1. The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good love matches

Ancestry of “Ōkuninushi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大国主a kami of nation-building, agriculture, medicine, and protective magic
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 →