Where does “daikyu” come from?

daikyu (English) comes from Japanese 大弓, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

daikyu (English): A Japanese longbow

Definitions

  1. A Japanese longbow

Ancestry of “daikyu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大弓a longbow, a great bow; a Japanese longbow; a...
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 →