Where does “小女子” come from?

小女子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 女子, from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.

小女子 (Japanese): sand lance, usually a small sand lance of about...

Definitions

  1. sand lance, usually a small sand lance of about...

Ancestry of “小女子”, step by step

小女子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 女子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女子girl; woman; wife and child; wife
2Japanesea child; a girl, especially a dear or desired...
3Japanesea mouse or a rat; general term for members of...
4Japanesenezumi

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesesmallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ
Every word from Japanese nezumiEvery word from Japanese Every word from Japanese