Where does “大水” come from?

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

大水 (Japanese): flood; great river or lake

Definitions

  1. flood; great river or lake

Ancestry of “大水”, step by step

大水 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 水

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese水water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid
2Old Japanese水water
3Proto-Japonic*mentuwater

via Middle Chinese 大水

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese大水—
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →