Where does “까막눈” come from?

까막눈 (Korean) comes from Korean 까막, from Korean 까맣다, from Korean 가맣다 — to be blackish; to be dark.

까막눈 (Korean): an illiterate; an incompetent person

Definitions

  1. an illiterate; an incompetent person

Ancestry of “까막눈”, step by step

까막눈 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 까막

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean까막black, dark, darkening
2Korean까맣다to be pitch black
3Korean가맣다to be blackish; to be dark

via Korean 눈

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean눈eye; vision; bud
Every word from Korean 가맣다 →Every word from Korean 까맣다 →Every word from Korean 까막 →