Where does “hard sign” come from?

hard sign (English) comes from Russian твёрдый знак — Name of the letter Ъ, ъ, the hard sign.

hard sign (English): The Cyrillic letter Ъ/ъ, which in modern...

Definitions

  1. The Cyrillic letter Ъ/ъ, which in modern...

Ancestry of “hard sign”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтвёрдый знакName of the letter Ъ, ъ, the hard sign
Every word from Russian твёрдый знак