Where does “小指” come from?

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

小指 (Japanese): a little finger or little toe

Definitions

  1. a little finger or little toe

Ancestry of “小指”, step by step

小指 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 指

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese指a finger

Words derived from “小指”

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