Where does “大東亜戦争” come from?
大東亜戦争 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大東亜, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
大東亜戦争 (Japanese): the Greater East Asia War; the Pacific War and the Second Sino-Japanese War
Definitions
- the Greater East Asia War; the Pacific War and the Second Sino-Japanese War
Ancestry of “大東亜戦争”, step by step
大東亜戦争 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 大東亜
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 大東亜 | Japan's name for the Far East and Southeast Asia during World War II |
| 2 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |
via Japanese 戦争
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 戦争 | war; to wage war |
via Japanese Greater]] [[East Asia]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | Greater]] [[East Asia]] | — |