Where does “사냥감” come from?

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

사냥감 (Korean): game; prey

Definitions

  1. game; prey

Ancestry of “사냥감”, step by step

사냥감 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 사냥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean사냥hunting
2Korean산행—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-klum →