Where does “바람막이” come from?

바람막이 (Korean) comes from Korean 바람, from Korean 바라다, from Korean -ㅁ.

바람막이 (Korean): windbreak

Definitions

  1. windbreak

Ancestry of “바람막이”, step by step

바람막이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 바람

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean바람wind, air, draft; fad; vogue; fickleness
2Korean바라다to wish, to want, to desire, to hope for, to long for
3Korean-ㅁ—

via Korean 막이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean막이damming (up), banking (up)
2Korean—이For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes
3Middle Korean이person
Every word from Korean -ㅁ →Every word from Korean 바라다 →Every word from Korean 바람 →