Where does “小母さん” come from?

小母さん (Japanese) comes from Japanese さん, from Japanese 様, from Middle Chinese 樣.

小母さん (Japanese): aunt

Definitions

  1. aunt

Ancestry of “小母さん”, step by step

小母さん traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese さん

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseさんA title used after person's name regardless of...
2Japanese様way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
3Middle Chinese樣—

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—

Words derived from “小母さん”

Every word from Middle Chinese 樣 →Every word from Japanese 様 →Every word from Japanese さん →