Where does “물엿” come from?

물엿 (Korean) comes from Korean 엿, from Korean 기르다 — to grow, raise, breed, cultivate, foster, nurse,...

물엿 (Korean): syrup variously corn syrup, malt syrup, etc

Definitions

  1. syrup variously corn syrup, malt syrup, etc

Ancestry of “물엿”, step by step

물엿 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean"yeot": a kind of Korean traditional...
2Korean기르다to grow, raise, breed, cultivate, foster, nurse,...

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanwater, a liquid widely distributed in the natural...
Every word from Korean 기르다Every word from Korean