Where does “小石” come from?

小石 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 石, from Middle Chinese 石.

小石 (Japanese): pebble, stone

Definitions

  1. pebble, stone

Ancestry of “小石”, step by step

小石 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 石

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese石a stone; a transistor; a traditional Japanese...
2Middle Chinese石—

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 石 →Every word from Japanese 石 →