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Where does “haikun” come from?
haikun (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian haiku, from Japanese 俳句, from Middle Chinese 俳 — paralleled.
Ancestry of “haikun”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hungarian
haiku
haiku a Japanese form of poetry consisting of seventeen syllables: five for the first line, seven for the second, and five for the third
2
Japanese
俳句
haiku, a poem that usually consists of 5-7-5...
3
Middle Chinese
俳
paralleled
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