Where does “大蔵” come from?

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

大蔵 (Japanese): an imperial treasury

Definitions

  1. an imperial treasury

Ancestry of “大蔵”, step by step

大蔵 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesebig, large; the large part of; arch-
2Old Japanesebig, large; large
3Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesewarehouse, storehouse

Words derived from “大蔵

Every word from Proto-Japonic əpəEvery word from Old Japanese Every word from Japanese