Where does “大魚” come from?

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

大魚 (Old Japanese): a big fish

Definitions

  1. a big fish

Ancestry of “大魚”, step by step

大魚 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 大

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese大big, large; large
2Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Old Japanese 魚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese魚a fish; a fish, "especially" when used as food

Words derived from “大魚”

Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →