Where does “새우장” come from?

새우장 (Korean) comes from Korean 장(醬).

새우장 (Korean): shrimp paste

Definitions

  1. shrimp paste

Ancestry of “새우장”, step by step

새우장 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 장(醬)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean장(醬)

via Korean 새우

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean새우shrimp, prawn in general
Every word from Korean 장(醬)