Where does “大島” come from?

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

大島 (Japanese): large island

Definitions

  1. large island

Ancestry of “大島”, step by step

大島 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 島

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese島an island; one's domain, territory, turf
2Middle Chinese島—

Words derived from “大島”

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