Where does “다마네기” come from?

다마네기 (Korean) comes from Japanese 玉ねぎ, from Japanese 玉葱, from Japanese 玉, from Middle Chinese 玉.

다마네기 (Korean): onion

Definitions

  1. onion

Ancestry of “다마네기”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese玉ねぎan onion
2Japanese玉葱onion
3Japanese玉"any spherical or similarly-rounded object"; a...
4Middle Chinese玉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 玉 →Every word from Japanese 玉 →Every word from Japanese 玉葱 →