Where does “小雨” come from?

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

小雨 (Japanese): light rain, drizzle

Definitions

  1. light rain, drizzle

Ancestry of “小雨”, step by step

小雨 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 雨

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雨rain, rainfall; a rainy weather; something...
2Middle Chinese雨—
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →