Where does “Haiku” come from?

Haiku (German) comes from Japanese 俳句, from Middle Chinese 俳 — paralleled.

Haiku (German): haiku Japanese poem of a specific form: 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables

Definitions

  1. haiku Japanese poem of a specific form: 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables

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 →