Where does “大鷲” come from?

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

大鷲 (Japanese): a Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)

Definitions

  1. a Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)

Ancestry of “大鷲”, step by step

大鷲 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 鷲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鷲an eagle
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →