Where does “昭和の大合併” come from?

昭和の大合併 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

昭和の大合併 (Japanese): A large-scale merger of municipalities in Japan between 1953 and 1956, during Shōwa era

Definitions

  1. A large-scale merger of municipalities in Japan between 1953 and 1956, during Shōwa era

Ancestry of “昭和の大合併”, step by step

昭和の大合併 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 合併

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese合併combination, fusion, merger, amalgamation, union
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →