Where does “과일단물” come from?

과일단물 (Korean) comes from Korean 단물, from Korean 단, from Japanese 短冊, from Japanese 短, from Middle Chinese 短 — short.

과일단물 (Korean): fruit juice

Definitions

  1. fruit juice

Ancestry of “과일단물”, step by step

과일단물 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 단물

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean단물juice
2Korean단sheaf; end; cape
3Japanese短冊tanzaku; A small strip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during Tanabata
4Japanese短fault, weak point; minor
5Middle Chinese短short

via Korean 과일

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean과일fruit
2Middle Korean과ᅀᅵᆯ—
3Middle Korean과실fruit
Every word from Middle Chinese 短 →Every word from Japanese 短 →Every word from Japanese 短冊 →