Where does “haikuja” come from?

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

Ancestry of “haikuja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhaikuhaiku a Japanese form of poetry consisting of seventeen syllables: five for the first line, seven for the second, and five for the third
2Japanese俳句haiku, a poem that usually consists of 5-7-5...
3Middle Chinese俳paralleled
Every word from Middle Chinese 俳 →Every word from Japanese 俳句 →Every word from Hungarian haiku →