Where does “매질하다” come from?

매질하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 매질, from Korean 매 — hawk; the peregrine falcon, "Falco peregrinus";...

매질하다 (Korean): to whip, to flog

Definitions

  1. to whip, to flog

Ancestry of “매질하다”, step by step

매질하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 매질

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean매질whipping, flogging
2Koreanhawk; the peregrine falcon, "Falco peregrinus";...

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다
Every word from Korean Every word from Korean 매질