Where does “북한말” come from?

북한말 (Korean) comes from Korean 말, from Chinese 末.

북한말 (Korean): the North Korean language (from the South Korean perspective)

Definitions

  1. the North Korean language (from the South Korean perspective)

Ancestry of “북한말”, step by step

북한말 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 말

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean말word, speech, language; horse; sawhorse
2Chinese末—

via Korean ^북한(北韓)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean^북한(北韓)—
Every word from Chinese 末 →