Talk:Galatine Prime/@comment-24040624-20160801154953/@comment-29395378-20160830075946

@Apoc I think you need to take a closer look at history and perhaps some linguistics, because that is very much incorrect.

The term  claymore is an  anglicisation of the Gaelic  claidheamh-mór "great sword", attested in 1772 (as  Cly-more) with the gloss "great two-handed sword".

Also, here's another picture of an older, more traditional Claymore as drawn in an pre 1890's engraving showing its more strongly pronounced proportions. Although it is a drawing, it is accurate to swords that were/are of that make. I have personally seen and briefly handled one of this design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore#/media/File:Claymore_and_armour_from_Dunvegan_Castle_(engraving,_sometime_before_1890).jpg