Where does “빨래하다” come from?

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

빨래하다 (Korean): to do the laundry

Definitions

  1. to do the laundry

Ancestry of “빨래하다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean빨래laundry
2Korean빨다to sip, to suck
Every word from Korean 빨다 →Every word from Korean 빨래 →
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