Where does “小刻み” come from?
小刻み (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.
小刻み (Japanese): being cut in small pieces; moving in small...
Definitions
- being cut in small pieces; moving in small...
Ancestry of “小刻み”, step by step
小刻み traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 小
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 小 | smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | ささ | — |
via Japanese 刻み
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 刻み | the {{l|ja|連用形|tr=ren'yōkei||stem or continuative... |