Where does “마늘냉이” come from?

마늘냉이 (Korean) comes from Korean 마늘, from Old Korean 蒜尸 — garlic.

마늘냉이 (Korean): garlic mustard

Definitions

  1. garlic mustard

Ancestry of “마늘냉이”, step by step

마늘냉이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 마늘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean마늘garlic
2Old Korean蒜尸garlic

via Korean 냉이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean냉이shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Every word from Old Korean 蒜尸 →