Where does “小柄” come from?

小柄 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 柄, from Japanese 枝, from Old Japanese えだ.

小柄 (Japanese): knife attached to the sheath of a sword; small...

Definitions

  1. knife attached to the sheath of a sword; small...

Ancestry of “小柄”, step by step

小柄 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 柄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese柄a handle, a grip, a shaft, a haft; a sprout; an...
2Japanese枝branch, limbs; edge
3Old Japaneseえだ—

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Old Japanese えだ →Every word from Japanese 枝 →Every word from Japanese 柄 →