Where does “大戦” come from?

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

大戦 (Japanese): a great war, a great battle

Definitions

  1. a great war, a great battle

Ancestry of “大戦”, step by step

大戦 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 戦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese戦a battle, conflict, fight, war; a game, match; a...
2Middle Chinese戰—

Words derived from “大戦”

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