Where does “굴피나무” come from?

굴피나무 (Korean) comes from Korean 피, from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

굴피나무 (Korean): Platycarya strobilacea

Definitions

  1. Platycarya strobilacea

Ancestry of “굴피나무”, step by step

굴피나무 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanblood; kinship, consanguinity
2EnglishpeeUrine; To urinate; To drizzle
3EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
4Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
5Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
6Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
7Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
8LatinpissioI piss

via Korean 나무

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean나무tree; wood
2Proto-Koreannamoktree; wood
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreancave; tunnel; den
2Chinese
Every word from Latin pissio