The story
- Okinawan · borrowed from三線
- Japanese · borrowed from三線
- English todaysanshin
Borrowed from Japanese 三線 (sanshin) or Okinawan 三線 (sanshin, literally “three strings”). Doublet of sanxian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sanshin
Today it means: A three-stringed instrument of Okinawan origin, the precursor to the shamisen. Full definition →
Japanese 三線 ← Okinawan 三線