Where does “빨랫감” come from?

빨랫감 (Korean) comes from Korean 감, from Chinese 甘, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-klum — sweet.

빨랫감 (Korean): laundry

Definitions

  1. laundry

Ancestry of “빨랫감”, step by step

빨랫감 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 감

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean감feeling; persimmon; material, fabric
2Chinese甘sweet
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-klumsweet

via Korean 빨래

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean빨래laundry
2Korean빨다to sip, to suck
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