Where does “물상추” come from?

물상추 (Korean) comes from Korean 상추, from Middle Chinese 初.

물상추 (Korean): water cabbage (Pistia stratiotes)

Definitions

  1. water cabbage (Pistia stratiotes)

Ancestry of “물상추”, step by step

물상추 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 상추

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean상추lettuce
2Middle Chinese初—

via Korean 물

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean물water, a liquid widely distributed in the natural...
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