Where does “ショートソード” come from?

ショートソード (Japanese) comes from English shortsword, from English sword, from Middle English sword, from Old English sword, from Old English sweord, from Proto-Germanic swerdą, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

ショートソード (Japanese): shortsword

Definitions

  1. shortsword

Ancestry of “ショートソード”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshortswordA sword of a class generally shorter than one...
2EnglishswordA long-bladed weapon with a hilt, and usually a...
3Middle Englishswordsword, sabre; Military might or power
4Old EnglishswordAlternative form of sweord
5Old Englishsweorda sword
6Proto-Germanicswerdąsword
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr-