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
- 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
| 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 |
via Japanese 水
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 水 | water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 水 | water |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *mentu | water |
via Middle Chinese 大水
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 大水 | — |