Where does “小品” come from?

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

小品 (Japanese): short things, something very small; a little,...

Definitions

  1. short things, something very small; a little,...

Ancestry of “小品”, step by step

小品 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 品

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese品article, goods; stock; quality
2Middle Chinese品—
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →