Where does “금발” come from?

금발 (Korean) comes from Middle Chinese 金.

금발 (Korean): blond hair

Definitions

  1. blond hair

Ancestry of “금발”, step by step

금발 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 金

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese金—

via Middle Chinese 髮

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese髮—
Every word from Middle Chinese 金 →