Where does “大坐します” come from?

大坐します (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

大坐します (Japanese): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “大坐します”, step by step

大坐します 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 益す

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese益すto be
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →