Where does “되개고마리” come from?

되개고마리 (Korean) comes from Korean 되, from Korean 두, from Chinese 頭.

되개고마리 (Korean): red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)

Definitions

  1. red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)

Ancestry of “되개고마리”, step by step

되개고마리 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 되

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean되A unit of volume equivalent to about 1.8L
2Korean두two
3Chinese頭—

via Korean 개고마리

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean개고마리—
Every word from Chinese 頭 →Every word from Korean 두 →Every word from Korean 되 →