Where does “小金目梟” come from?

小金目梟 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

小金目梟 (Japanese): a little owl

Definitions

  1. a little owl

Ancestry of “小金目梟”, step by step

小金目梟 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 金目梟

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese金目梟a boreal owl
2Japanese梟an owl in the family Strigidae
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →