Where does “눈덩이” come from?

눈덩이 (Korean) comes from Korean 눈 — eye; vision; bud.

눈덩이 (Korean): snowball

Definitions

  1. snowball

Ancestry of “눈덩이”, step by step

눈덩이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreaneye; vision; bud

via Korean 덩이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean덩이lump
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