Where does “대벌레” come from?

대벌레 (Korean) comes from Korean 대, from Chinese 隊.

대벌레 (Korean): stick insect

Definitions

  1. stick insect

Ancestry of “대벌레”, step by step

대벌레 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 대

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean대bamboo; stalk, stem; An expression used to...
2Chinese隊—

via Korean 벌레

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean벌레bug, insect
2Proto-KoreanpeLkeybug, insect
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