Where does “小鹿” come from?

小鹿 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鹿, from Middle Chinese 鹿.

Ancestry of “小鹿”, step by step

小鹿 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鹿

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鹿deer; deer meat: venison; a beast
2Middle Chinese鹿—

via Japanese 小

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