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Where does “大地震” come from?

大地震 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大, from Japanese 大国主, from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.

大地震 (Japanese): a large earthquake; typically has a magnitude 7...

Definitions

  1. a large earthquake; typically has a magnitude 7...

Ancestry of “大地震”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
2Japanese大国主—
3Japanese国a land, a large place; a country in general, a...
4Old Japanese国—
Every word from Old Japanese 国 →