Where does “大勲位” come from?

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

大勲位 (Japanese): an order of merit higher than first class in the...

Definitions

  1. an order of merit higher than first class in the...

Ancestry of “大勲位”, step by step

大勲位 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 勲位

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese勲位order of merit
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →