Where does “구미호” come from?

구미호 (Korean) comes from Chinese 九尾狐, from Chinese 九, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw — nine.

구미호 (Korean): nine-tailed fox

Definitions

  1. nine-tailed fox

Ancestry of “구미호”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese九尾狐nine-tailed fox
2Chinese九—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetand/s-kəwnine

Words derived from “구미호”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan d/s-kəw →Every word from Chinese 九 →Every word from Chinese 九尾狐 →