Where does “大転子” come from?

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

大転子 (Japanese): a greater trochanter

Definitions

  1. a greater trochanter

Ancestry of “大転子”, step by step

大転子 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 転子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese転子a trochanter
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →