Where does “こいじ” come from?

こいじ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

こいじ (Japanese): the "road" of romance, love

Definitions

  1. the "road" of romance, love

Ancestry of “こいじ”, step by step

こいじ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—

via Japanese 恋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese恋love, "especially" romantic love; longing,...

via Japanese 路

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese路attaches to place names, indicating a road to...
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →