Where does “小児” come from?

小児 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

小児 (Japanese): young child, infant

Definitions

  1. young child, infant

Ancestry of “小児”, step by step

小児 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 児

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese児Alternative form of 子; child

Words derived from “小児”

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