Where does “大山祇” come from?

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

大山祇 (Japanese): the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo

Definitions

  1. the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo

Ancestry of “大山祇”, step by step

大山祇 traces back through 3 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 神

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese神a spirit or an essence present in all things, the...
2Japaneseかみ—
3Translingual−A long signal, used to form Morse code text, together with. (a short signal)

via Japanese 山

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山a mountain or hill; a mine; a heap, pile
2Japanese陰shadow, shade; hidden side; yin
3Middle Chinese陰—

Words derived from “大山祇”

Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →
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