Where does “버들가지” come from?

버들가지 (Korean) comes from Korean 가지, from Middle Chinese 茄子.

버들가지 (Korean): A willow twig; "Phoxinus semotilus", a species of...

Definitions

  1. A willow twig; "Phoxinus semotilus", a species of...

Ancestry of “버들가지”, step by step

버들가지 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 가지

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean가지kind or kinds; suspective of 가다; twig or branch
2Middle Chinese茄子—

via Korean 버들

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean버들willow, withy
Every word from Middle Chinese 茄子 →Every word from Korean 가지 →