Where does “大阪” come from?

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

大阪 (Japanese): large hill; Osaka

Definitions

  1. large hill; Osaka

Ancestry of “大阪”, step by step

大阪 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 阪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese阪hill; Ōsaka

Words derived from “大阪”

Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →