Where does “바둑알” come from?

바둑알 (Korean) comes from Korean 알, from Middle Korean 앓.

바둑알 (Korean): go stone

Definitions

  1. go stone

Ancestry of “바둑알”, step by step

바둑알 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanegg, roe; grain; ball
2Middle Korean

via Korean 바둑

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean바둑the game of Go
Every word from Middle Korean