Where does “daikong” come from?

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

daikong (Pohnpeian): radish, daikon

Definitions

  1. radish, daikon

Ancestry of “daikong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大根daikon, a large white variety of radish native to...
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →