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Where does “小銃” come from?

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

小銃 (Japanese): a rifle

Definitions

  1. a rifle

Ancestry of “小銃”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →