Where does “最小” come from?

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

最小 (Japanese): minimum, smallest, least

Definitions

  1. minimum, smallest, least

Ancestry of “最小”, step by step

最小 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 最

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese最most, greatest
2Proto-Indo-Europeansai-—

Words derived from “最小”

Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →