Where does “剣状” come from?

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

剣状 (Japanese): xiphoidness

Definitions

  1. xiphoidness

Ancestry of “剣状”, step by step

剣状 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 剣

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

via Translingual 状

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual状—
Every word from Middle Chinese 元 →Every word from Middle Chinese けん →Every word from Japanese 剣 →