Where does “긴팔원숭이” come from?

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

긴팔원숭이 (Korean): gibbon

Definitions

  1. gibbon

Ancestry of “긴팔원숭이”, step by step

긴팔원숭이 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 긴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean긴—
2Korean길다to be long

via Korean 팔

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean팔arm; eight; eighth
2Middle Chinese八—

via Korean 원숭이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean원숭이monkey, ape

Words derived from “긴팔원숭이”

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