Where does “小確幸” come from?

小確幸 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 小確幸, from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

小確幸 (Chinese): little but certain happiness

Definitions

  1. little but certain happiness

Ancestry of “小確幸”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小確幸a small but certain happiness, such as "eating a freshly-baked loaf of bread with one’s hands"; simple things in life
2Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
3Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →Every word from Japanese 小確幸 →