Where does “大金” come from?

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

大金 (Japanese): huge sum of money

Definitions

  1. huge sum of money

Ancestry of “大金”, step by step

大金 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 金

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese金metal; money; firmness, strength
2Middle Chinese金—
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →