Where does “kodachi” come from?

kodachi (English) comes from Japanese 小太刀, from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

kodachi (English): A short Japanese sword, built like the katana but...

Definitions

  1. A short Japanese sword, built like the katana but...

Ancestry of “kodachi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小太刀a small tachi; a sword shorter than a katana and longer than a wakizashi
2Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
3Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →Every word from Japanese 小太刀 →