Where does “エホバク” come from?

エホバク (Japanese) comes from Korean 애호박, from Korean 애, from Korean 아이, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.

エホバク (Japanese): aehobak, Cucurbita moschata

Definitions

  1. aehobak, Cucurbita moschata

Ancestry of “エホバク”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean애호박squash; zucchini
2Koreanchild; kid; anxiety; impatience; trouble; effort
3Korean아이child
4EnglishIThe speaker or writer, referred to as the...
5Old Frenchithere
6Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
7Latinheic
8Latinhicthis; these in the plural
9Proto-Italichek(e)
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος