Where does “산초나무” come from?

산초나무 (Korean) comes from Korean 나무, from Proto-Korean namok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk — mosquito.

산초나무 (Korean): The mastic-leaf prickly ash (Zanthoxylum schinifolium)

Definitions

  1. The mastic-leaf prickly ash (Zanthoxylum schinifolium)

Ancestry of “산초나무”, step by step

산초나무 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 나무

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean나무tree; wood
2Proto-Koreannamoktree; wood
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito

via Korean 산초

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean산초a variety of Sichuan pepper harvested from the mastic-leaf prickly ash
2Japanese山椒Zanthoxylum piperitum
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk →Every word from Proto-Korean namok →Every word from Korean 나무 →