Where does “도깨비바늘” come from?

도깨비바늘 (Korean) comes from Korean 바늘 — needle, pin.

도깨비바늘 (Korean): Spanish needles (Bidens bipinnata)

Definitions

  1. Spanish needles (Bidens bipinnata)

Ancestry of “도깨비바늘”, step by step

도깨비바늘 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 바늘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean바늘needle, pin

via Korean 도깨비

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean도깨비dokkaebi
Every word from Korean 바늘