Where does “袋小路” come from?
袋小路 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小路, from Japanese こみち, from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.
袋小路 (Japanese): blind alley, cul-de-sac, impasse, dead-end,...
Definitions
- blind alley, cul-de-sac, impasse, dead-end,...
Ancestry of “袋小路”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 小路 | lane, alley; path, lane |
| 2 | Japanese | こみち | — |
| 3 | Japanese | 小 | smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | ささ | — |