Where does “大公国” come from?

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

大公国 (Japanese): a grand duchy

Definitions

  1. a grand duchy

Ancestry of “大公国”, step by step

大公国 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大公

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大公a grand duke
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese 国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese国a land, a large place; a country in general, a...
2Old Japanese国—

Words derived from “大公国”

Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →