Where does “大蒜” come from?
大蒜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
大蒜 (Japanese): garlic
Ancestry of “大蒜”, step by step
大蒜 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 蒜
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 蒜 | garlic; allium |
| 2 | Japanese | 忍辱 | enduring humiliation; humility, humbleness |