Where does “小” come from?

小 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese ささ.

小 (Japanese): smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...

Definitions

  1. smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...

Ancestry of “小”, step by step

小 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese ささ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseささ—

via Middle Chinese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese小—

Words derived from “小”

Every word from Old Japanese ささ →