Where does “밥통” come from?

밥통 (Korean) comes from Korean 밥 — cooked rice; food, meal; feed.

밥통 (Korean): rice cooker

Definitions

  1. rice cooker

Ancestry of “밥통”, step by step

밥통 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreancooked rice; food, meal; feed

via Korean 통(桶)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean통(桶)
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