Where does “ninjutsu” come from?

ninjutsu (Finnish) comes from Japanese 忍術, from Japanese 術, from Middle Chinese 術.

ninjutsu (Finnish): ninjutsu martial art

Definitions

  1. ninjutsu martial art

Ancestry of “ninjutsu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese忍術ninjutsu
2Japanese術technique; art; way, means
3Middle Chinese術—
Every word from Middle Chinese 術 →Every word from Japanese 術 →Every word from Japanese 忍術 →