Where does “小結” come from?

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

小結 (Japanese): komusubi, the fourth-highest rank in sumo, the...

Definitions

  1. komusubi, the fourth-highest rank in sumo, the...

Ancestry of “小結”, step by step

小結 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 結び

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese結びa tie, a knot, a bow

Words derived from “小結”

Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →