Where does “삼잎접시꽃” come from?

삼잎접시꽃 (Korean) comes from Korean 접시꽃, from Korean 꽃, from Proto-Korean kwoco.

삼잎접시꽃 (Korean): hemp-leafed hollyhock

Definitions

  1. hemp-leafed hollyhock

Ancestry of “삼잎접시꽃”, step by step

삼잎접시꽃 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 접시꽃

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean접시꽃hollyhock
2Korean꽃flower; flowering plant; prime; central part;...
3Proto-Koreankwoco—

via Korean 잎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean잎leaf, leafage, foliage
2Korean닢Used to count flat objects, nowadays mainly coins

via Korean 삼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean삼three; hemp
2Middle Chinese三—
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