Where does “こみち” come from?

こみち (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

こみち (Japanese): path, lane, footpath

Definitions

  1. path, lane, footpath

Ancestry of “こみち”, step by step

こみち traces back through two 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 道

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese道Tao the way of nature, Taoism
2Middle Chinese道way

Words derived from “こみち”

Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →