Where does “까막딱따구리” come from?

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

까막딱따구리 (Korean): black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

Definitions

  1. black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

Ancestry of “까막딱따구리”, step by step

까막딱따구리 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 딱따구리

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean딱따구리woodpecker
2Korean딱딱—
Every word from Korean 가맣다 →Every word from Korean 까맣다 →Every word from Korean 까막 →