Where does “おおめ” come from?

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

おおめ (Japanese): lots; large amount

Definitions

  1. lots; large amount

Ancestry of “おおめ”, step by step

おおめ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
2Old Japanese大big, large; large
3Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 多

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese多multi-
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →
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