Where does “빨랫비누” come from?

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

빨랫비누 (Korean): laundry soap

Definitions

  1. laundry soap

Ancestry of “빨랫비누”, step by step

빨랫비누 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 빨래

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean빨래laundry
2Korean빨다to sip, to suck

via Korean 비누

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean비누soap
Every word from Korean 빨다Every word from Korean 빨래