Where does “tsuru” come from?
tsuru (Indonesian) comes from Japanese 鶴, from Middle Chinese 鶴.
tsuru (Indonesian): A crane-shaped origami paper
Definitions
- A crane-shaped origami paper
Ancestry of “tsuru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 鶴 | a crane; Short for 折鶴 : a paper crane, the... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 鶴 | — |