Where does “산적” come from?

산적 (Korean) comes from Chinese 山.

산적 (Korean): brigand; bandit (who is based in the mountains)

Definitions

  1. brigand; bandit (who is based in the mountains)

Ancestry of “산적”, step by step

산적 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 山

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese山—

via Middle Chinese 賊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese賊—
Every word from Chinese 山 →