Where does “大震災” come from?

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

大震災 (Japanese): great disaster resulting from an earthquake

Definitions

  1. great disaster resulting from an earthquake

Ancestry of “大震災”, step by step

大震災 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 震災

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese震災earthquake disaster

Words derived from “大震災”

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