Where does “小舟” come from?

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

小舟 (Japanese): boat, small craft

Definitions

  1. boat, small craft

Ancestry of “小舟”, step by step

小舟 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 舟

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese舟boat, ship, small ship
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →