Where does “大出血” come from?

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

大出血 (Japanese): major hemorrhaging, massive bleeding, flooding; a...

Definitions

  1. major hemorrhaging, massive bleeding, flooding; a...

Ancestry of “大出血”, step by step

大出血 traces back through two 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 出血

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese出血hemorrhage, bleeding; loss in business etc; to...
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →