Where does “大蝙蝠” come from?

大蝙蝠 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蝙蝠, from Chinese 蝙蝠, from Chinese 蝠, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan baːk — bat.

大蝙蝠 (Japanese): a megabat

Definitions

  1. a megabat

Ancestry of “大蝙蝠”, step by step

大蝙蝠 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蝙蝠

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蝙蝠a bat
2Chinese蝙蝠bat
3Chinese蝠—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanbaːkbat

via Japanese 大

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
2Old Japanese大big, large; large
3Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan baːk →Every word from Chinese 蝠 →Every word from Chinese 蝙蝠 →