Where does “모반” come from?

모반 (Korean) comes from Chinese 母, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ — mother.

모반 (Korean): birthmark

Definitions

  1. birthmark

Ancestry of “모반”, step by step

모반 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 母

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese母—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*məʔmother

via Chinese 斑

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese斑—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ →Every word from Chinese 母 →