Where does “kendo” come from?
kendo (Finnish) comes from Japanese 剣道, from Japanese 剣, from Middle Chinese けん, from Middle Chinese 元.
kendo (Finnish): kendo; ice hockey
Ancestry of “kendo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 剣道 | kendo |
| 2 | Japanese | 剣 | a sword, "especially" one with a double-edged... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | けん | — |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 元 | — |