Where does “山葵大根” come from?
山葵大根 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大根, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
山葵大根 (Japanese): horseradish
Definitions
- horseradish
Ancestry of “山葵大根”, step by step
山葵大根 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 大根
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 大根 | daikon, a large white variety of radish native to... |
| 2 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |
via Japanese 山葵
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 山葵 | "wasabi": the Japanese horseradish; the stem of... |