Where does “朝鮮民主主義人民共和国” come from?
朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 (Japanese) comes from Korean 조선민주주의인민공화국, from Korean 공화국, from Japanese 共和国, from Japanese 国, from Japanese 大国主, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
Ancestry of “朝鮮民主主義人民共和国”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Korean | 조선민주주의인민공화국 | — |
| 2 | Korean | 공화국 | republic; Short for 조선민주주의인민공화국 |
| 3 | Japanese | 共和国 | republic |
| 4 | Japanese | 国 | a land, a large place; a country in general, a... |
| 5 | Japanese | 大国主 | — |
| 6 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 8 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |