Where does “가시비름” come from?

가시비름 (Korean) comes from Korean 가시 — thorn; sting; fishbone.

가시비름 (Korean): spiny amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)

Definitions

  1. spiny amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)

Ancestry of “가시비름”, step by step

가시비름 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 가시

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean가시thorn; sting; fishbone

via Korean 비름

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean비름amaranth plant of the genus
Every word from Korean 가시