Where does “おほみ” come from?

おほみ (Old Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

おほみ (Old Japanese): a title before the Ritsuryō system

Definitions

  1. a title before the Ritsuryō system

Ancestry of “おほみ”, step by step

おほみ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanesebig, large; large
2Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Old Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese"added to gods and other spiritually important...
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