Where does “tajkun” come from?

tajkun (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English tycoon, from Japanese 大君, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

tajkun (Serbo-Croatian): tycoon

Definitions

  1. tycoon

Ancestry of “tajkun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtycoonA wealthy and powerful business person
2Japanese大君the emperor, His Majesty; a descendant of the...
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 大君 →