Where does “땅돼지” come from?

땅돼지 (Korean) comes from Korean 땅 — earth, land.

땅돼지 (Korean): aardvark

Definitions

  1. aardvark

Ancestry of “땅돼지”, step by step

땅돼지 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanearth, land

via Korean 돼지

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean돼지pig, swine
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