Where does “大和琴” come from?

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

大和琴 (Japanese): a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform...

Definitions

  1. a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform...

Ancestry of “大和琴”, step by step

大和琴 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大和

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大和the ancient Yamato kingdom; Japan
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese 琴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese琴koto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese...
2Middle Chinese琴—
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →