Where does “보리쌀” come from?

보리쌀 (Korean) comes from Korean 보리, from Sanskrit बोधि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan bawdʰíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bawdʰíš, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

보리쌀 (Korean): pearl barley

Definitions

  1. pearl barley

Ancestry of “보리쌀”, step by step

보리쌀 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 보리

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean보리barley; bodhi, Buddhist supreme enlightenment,...
2Sanskritबोधि(also feminine gender) bodhi: perfect knowledge or wisdom (by which a man becomes a buddha or jina), the illuminated or enlightened intellect (of a Buddha or jina)
3Proto-Indo-Aryanbawdʰíṣ
4Proto-Indo-Iranianbawdʰíš
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanrice; white hulled grains of barley, wheat, etc
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bawdʰíšEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan bawdʰíṣ