Where does “сюрикен” come from?

сюрикен (Russian) comes from Japanese 手裏剣, from Japanese 剣, from Middle Chinese けん, from Middle Chinese 元.

сюрикен (Russian): shuriken

Definitions

  1. shuriken

Ancestry of “сюрикен”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese手裏剣shuriken, throwing star
2Japanese剣a sword, "especially" one with a double-edged...
3Middle Chineseけん—
4Middle Chinese元—
Every word from Middle Chinese 元 →Every word from Middle Chinese けん →Every word from Japanese 剣 →