Where does “雪合戦” come from?

雪合戦 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雪, from Old Japanese 雪 — snow.

雪合戦 (Japanese): snowball fight

Definitions

  1. snowball fight

Ancestry of “雪合戦”, step by step

雪合戦 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雪snow
2Old Japanese雪snow

via Japanese 合戦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese合戦battle, engagement; engage in battle

Words derived from “雪合戦”

Every word from Old Japanese 雪 →Every word from Japanese 雪 →