Where does “仔羊” come from?

仔羊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小羊, from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

仔羊 (Japanese): Alternative spelling of 小羊

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of 小羊

Ancestry of “仔羊”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小羊a lamb
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 小羊 →