Where does “小羊” come from?

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

小羊 (Japanese): a lamb

Definitions

  1. a lamb

Ancestry of “小羊”, step by step

小羊 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 羊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese羊a sheep

Words derived from “小羊”

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