Where does “긴바늘” come from?

긴바늘 (Korean) comes from Korean 긴, from Korean 길다 — to be long.

긴바늘 (Korean): minute hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes)

Definitions

  1. minute hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes)

Ancestry of “긴바늘”, step by step

긴바늘 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean
2Korean길다to be long

via Korean 바늘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean바늘needle, pin
Every word from Korean 길다
긴바늘 — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer