Where does “小口” come from?

小口 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 口, from Japanese くち, from Japanese 朽ちる.

小口 (Japanese): small lot, small sum, small amount; end, edge,...

Definitions

  1. small lot, small sum, small amount; end, edge,...

Ancestry of “小口”, step by step

小口 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 口

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese口mouth; opening; the mouth
2Japaneseくちmouth
3Japanese朽ちる—

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Japanese 朽ちる →Every word from Japanese くち →Every word from Japanese 口 →