Where does “다듬이방망이” come from?

다듬이방망이 (Korean) comes from Korean 방망이 — a club, a bat.

다듬이방망이 (Korean): a traditional Korean wooden ironing club used to smooth wrinkles and add a gloss to fabric

Definitions

  1. a traditional Korean wooden ironing club used to smooth wrinkles and add a gloss to fabric

Ancestry of “다듬이방망이”, step by step

다듬이방망이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 방망이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean방망이a club, a bat

via Korean 다듬이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean다듬이traditional Korean method of smoothing fabric by pounding it with mallets, or the tools used for this process
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