Talk:Hirudo/@comment-113.119.69.130-20161222165532/@comment-25464639-20161222210511

I'd be inclined to side with the latin since the hema comes from hemo meaning blood. But hirudo, if interpretted as japanese would mean "the way of the leech" and since it's a sparring weapon, it would make more sense to mimic the name of a martial art.

In either case, we can view it as a double entendre