Where does “大晦” come from?
大晦 (Japanese) comes from Chinese 晦, from Japanese 月隠り, from Japanese 月, from Old Japanese 月, from Proto-Japonic tukuy, from Proto-Japonic tuku.
大晦 (Japanese): the last day of the year, New Year's Eve
Definitions
- the last day of the year, New Year's Eve
Ancestry of “大晦”, step by step
大晦 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Chinese 晦
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 晦 | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 月隠り | the last day of a (lunar) month |
| 3 | Japanese | 月 | the moon; a natural satellite; moonlight,... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 月 | the moon; a month; a menstrual cycle,... |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | tukuy | moon |
| 6 | Proto-Japonic | tuku | — |
via Japanese 大
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |