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
- A short Japanese sword, built like the katana but...
Ancestry of “kodachi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 小太刀 | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 小 | smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | ささ | — |