Where does “tsurugi” come from?

tsurugi (English) comes from Japanese 剣, from Middle Chinese けん, from Middle Chinese 元.

tsurugi (English): A type of Japanese double-edged sword

Definitions

  1. A type of Japanese double-edged sword

Ancestry of “tsurugi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese剣a sword, "especially" one with a double-edged...
2Middle Chineseけん—
3Middle Chinese元—
Every word from Middle Chinese 元 →Every word from Middle Chinese けん →Every word from Japanese 剣 →