Where does “haiku” come from?

haiku (Finnish) comes from Japanese 俳句, from Middle Chinese 俳 — paralleled.

haiku (Finnish): puff, whiff; puff, whiff, puff of smoke, whiff of...

Definitions

  1. puff, whiff; puff, whiff, puff of smoke, whiff of...

Ancestry of “haiku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese俳句haiku, a poem that usually consists of 5-7-5...
2Middle Chinese俳paralleled
Every word from Middle Chinese 俳 →Every word from Japanese 俳句 →
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