Where does “daikon” come from?

daikon (Finnish) comes from Japanese 大根, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

Ancestry of “daikon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大根daikon, a large white variety of radish native to...
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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