Where does “大瑠璃” come from?

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

大瑠璃 (Japanese): a blue-and-white flycatcher

Definitions

  1. a blue-and-white flycatcher

Ancestry of “大瑠璃”, step by step

大瑠璃 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 瑠璃

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese瑠璃lapis lazuli; the deep blue color of lapis...
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →