Where does “小母” come from?

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

小母 (Japanese): endearing term for a woman who is unrelated to...

Definitions

  1. endearing term for a woman who is unrelated to...

Ancestry of “小母”, step by step

小母 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 母

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese母mother; a woman who breastfeeds and raises a...
2Old Japaneseはは—
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →