Where does “якудза” come from?

якудза (Russian) comes from Japanese やくざ, from Japanese 九, from Old Japanese 九.

якудза (Russian): yakuza

Definitions

  1. yakuza

Ancestry of “якудза”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseやくざsomething that is worthless or useless; yakuza:...
2Japanese九nine; ninth; the ninth
3Old Japanese九—
Every word from Old Japanese 九 →Every word from Japanese 九 →Every word from Japanese やくざ →