Where does “タイリクオオカミ” come from?

タイリクオオカミ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狼, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

タイリクオオカミ (Japanese): grey wolf, Canis lupus

Definitions

  1. grey wolf, Canis lupus

Ancestry of “タイリクオオカミ”, step by step

タイリクオオカミ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 狼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese狼a wolf; Short for 日本狼
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese 大陸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大陸a continent; China
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →