Where does “빨래통” come from?

빨래통 (Korean) comes from Korean 빨래, from Korean 빨다 — to sip, to suck.

빨래통 (Korean): washtub

Definitions

  1. washtub

Ancestry of “빨래통”, step by step

빨래통 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 빨래

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean빨래laundry
2Korean빨다to sip, to suck

via Korean 통(桶)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean통(桶)
Every word from Korean 빨다Every word from Korean 빨래
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