Where does “설탕단풍나무” come from?

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

설탕단풍나무 (Korean): sugar maple (Acer saccharum)

Definitions

  1. sugar maple (Acer saccharum)

Ancestry of “설탕단풍나무”, step by step

설탕단풍나무 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 단풍나무

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean단풍나무maple, maple tree
2Korean나무tree; wood
3Proto-Koreannamoktree; wood
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito

via Korean 설탕

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean설탕sugar
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk →Every word from Proto-Korean namok →Every word from Korean 나무 →