Where does “무릎양말” come from?

무릎양말 (Korean) comes from Korean 양말, from Chinese 洋 — "a river name".

무릎양말 (Korean): knee socks, knee highs (a sock that reaches almost up to the knee)

Definitions

  1. knee socks, knee highs (a sock that reaches almost up to the knee)

Ancestry of “무릎양말”, step by step

무릎양말 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 양말

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean양말socks
2Chinese洋"a river name"

via Korean 무릎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean무릎knee
Every word from Chinese 洋 →Every word from Korean 양말 →