Where does “tankas” come from?
tankas (English) comes from English tanka, from Japanese 短歌, from Middle Chinese 短 — short.
tankas (English): plural of tanka
Ancestry of “tankas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tanka | A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7,... |
| 2 | Japanese | 短歌 | tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 短 | short |