Where does “大津” come from?

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

大津 (Japanese): a large port or harbor; a type of mud used as an...

Definitions

  1. a large port or harbor; a type of mud used as an...

Ancestry of “大津”, step by step

大津 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 津

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese津cove, inlet, outlet; harbor, port; harbour

Words derived from “大津”

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