Where does “뻐꾸기시계” come from?

뻐꾸기시계 (Korean) comes from Korean 시계(時計).

뻐꾸기시계 (Korean): cuckoo clock

Definitions

  1. cuckoo clock

Ancestry of “뻐꾸기시계”, step by step

뻐꾸기시계 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 시계(時計)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean시계(時計)

via Korean 뻐꾸기

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean뻐꾸기common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Every word from Korean 시계(時計)
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