Where does “먹황새” come from?

먹황새 (Korean) comes from Korean 먹, from Korean -보, from Middle Chinese 補.

먹황새 (Korean): The black stork, "Ciconia nigra"

Definitions

  1. The black stork, "Ciconia nigra"

Ancestry of “먹황새”, step by step

먹황새 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanink stick
2Korean-보an agent noun-deriving suffix attached after a specific noun, verb, adjective or root
3Middle Chinese

via Korean 황새

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean황새oriental stork; any of the birds in the genus...
Every word from Middle Chinese
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