Where does “대포알” come from?

대포알 (Korean) comes from Korean 알, from Middle Korean 앓.

대포알 (Korean): cannonball

Definitions

  1. cannonball

Ancestry of “대포알”, step by step

대포알 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 알

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean알egg, roe; grain; ball
2Middle Korean앓—

via Korean 대포(大砲)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean대포(大砲)—
Every word from Middle Korean 앓 →Every word from Korean 알 →