Where does “関東大震災” come from?

関東大震災 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大震災, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

関東大震災 (Japanese): 1923 Great Kantō earthquake

Definitions

  1. 1923 Great Kantō earthquake

Ancestry of “関東大震災”, step by step

関東大震災 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大震災

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大震災great disaster resulting from an earthquake
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese 関東

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese関東the shogunate
2Japanese箱根の関tollgate of {{w|Mount Hakone}}
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →