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
Ancestry of “다마네기”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 玉ねぎ | an onion |
| 2 | Japanese | 玉葱 | onion |
| 3 | Japanese | 玉 | "any spherical or similarly-rounded object"; a... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 玉 | — |