Where does “기름장” come from?

기름장 (Korean) comes from Korean 기름 — oil.

기름장 (Korean): a dipping sauce for meat, a mixture of sesame oil and salt

Definitions

  1. a dipping sauce for meat, a mixture of sesame oil and salt

Ancestry of “기름장”, step by step

기름장 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 기름

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean기름oil

via Korean [[장#jang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[장#jang

via Korean 장(醬)]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean장(醬)]]
Every word from Korean 기름