Where does “小転子” come from?

小転子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

小転子 (Japanese): a lesser trochanter

Definitions

  1. a lesser trochanter

Ancestry of “小転子”, step by step

小転子 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 転子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese転子a trochanter
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →