Where does “小潮差” come from?

小潮差 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

小潮差 (Japanese): neap range

Definitions

  1. neap range

Ancestry of “小潮差”, step by step

小潮差 traces back through 3 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 差

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese差difference
2Middle Chineseさ—

via Japanese 潮

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese潮a tide; seawater; a chance or opportunity
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →