Where does “日前大神” come from?
日前大神 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大神, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
日前大神 (Japanese): the deification of the mirror made by 石凝姥 to lure 天照 out of 天岩戸
Definitions
- the deification of the mirror made by 石凝姥 to lure 天照 out of 天岩戸
Ancestry of “日前大神”, step by step
日前大神 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 大神
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 大神 | a god |
| 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 日の隈
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 日の隈 | — |