Where does “보릿고개” come from?
보릿고개 (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.
보릿고개 (Korean): annual period of food shortage around May, when the autumn rice harvest (from last year) is nearly exhausted but the June barley harvest is not yet ready
Definitions
- annual period of food shortage around May, when the autumn rice harvest (from last year) is nearly exhausted but the June barley harvest is not yet ready
Ancestry of “보릿고개”, step by step
보릿고개 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 보리
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 보리 | barley; bodhi, Buddhist supreme enlightenment,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | बोधि | (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) |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | bawdʰíṣ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bawdʰíš | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewdʰ- | to be awake, be aware |
via Korean 고개
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 고개 | nape of the neck |