Where does “눈싸움” come from?

눈싸움 (Korean) comes from Korean 싸움 — fighting, fight, quarrel, battle, contest.

눈싸움 (Korean): staring contest

Definitions

  1. staring contest

Ancestry of “눈싸움”, step by step

눈싸움 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 싸움

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean싸움fighting, fight, quarrel, battle, contest

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreaneye; vision; bud
Every word from Korean 싸움