Where does “가시상추” come from?

가시상추 (Korean) comes from Korean 상추, from Middle Chinese 初.

가시상추 (Korean): prickly lettuce

Definitions

  1. prickly lettuce

Ancestry of “가시상추”, step by step

가시상추 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 상추

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean상추lettuce
2Middle Chinese初—

via Korean 가시

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean가시thorn; sting; fishbone
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