Where does “小太刀” come from?

小太刀 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

小太刀 (Japanese): a small tachi; a sword shorter than a katana and longer than a wakizashi

Definitions

  1. a small tachi; a sword shorter than a katana and longer than a wakizashi

Ancestry of “小太刀”, step by step

小太刀 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—

via Japanese 太刀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese太刀a type of longsword; a sword positioned with the...
2Japanese断ち—

Words derived from “小太刀”

Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →