Where does “기름통” come from?

기름통 (Korean) comes from Korean 기름 — oil.

기름통 (Korean): oil drum; cask; sump; oilcan

Definitions

  1. oil drum; cask; sump; oilcan

Ancestry of “기름통”, step by step

기름통 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 기름

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean기름oil

via Korean 통(桶)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean통(桶)
Every word from Korean 기름