Where does “구두끈” come from?

구두끈 (Korean) comes from Korean 구두, from Japanese 靴 — footwear, footgear: a shoe, shoes.

구두끈 (Korean): shoelace, shoestring

Definitions

  1. shoelace, shoestring

Ancestry of “구두끈”, step by step

구두끈 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 구두

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean구두dress shoes; oral, spoken, word of mouth
2Japanese靴footwear, footgear: a shoe, shoes

via Korean 끈

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean끈string
Every word from Japanese 靴 →Every word from Korean 구두 →