Where does “大海馬” come from?
大海馬 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
大海馬 (Japanese): a great seahorse
Ancestry of “大海馬”, step by step
大海馬 traces back through two 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 海馬
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 海馬 | Synonym of 竜の落とし子; Synonym of 海象; the hippocampus |
| 2 | Japanese | 馬 | a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 馬 | — |