Where does “붕어빵” come from?
붕어빵 (Korean) comes from Korean 빵, from Japanese パン, from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
붕어빵 (Korean): bungeoppang; a type of pastry in a form of fish with sweet azuki bean paste inside, popular in Korea and Japan during winter times
Definitions
- bungeoppang; a type of pastry in a form of fish with sweet azuki bean paste inside, popular in Korea and Japan during winter times
Ancestry of “붕어빵”, step by step
붕어빵 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 빵
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 빵 | bread; zero; bang! |
| 2 | Japanese | パン | bread; a pan; a pan shot |
| 3 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 4 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 5 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 6 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 7 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Korean 붕어
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 붕어 | The crucian carp, Carassius carassius |