Where does “世界大戦” come from?
世界大戦 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大戦, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
世界大戦 (Japanese): world war
Ancestry of “世界大戦”, step by step
世界大戦 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 大戦
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 大戦 | a great war, a great battle |
| 2 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |
via Japanese 世界
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 世界 | the world; a metaphorical world; society, the... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 世界 | — |
Words derived from “世界大戦”