Where does “쓰레기통” come from?

쓰레기통 (Korean) comes from Korean 통(桶).

쓰레기통 (Korean): garbage can, trash can, rubbish bin

Definitions

  1. garbage can, trash can, rubbish bin

Ancestry of “쓰레기통”, step by step

쓰레기통 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 통(桶)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean통(桶)

via Korean 쓰레기

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean쓰레기trash, garbage
Every word from Korean 통(桶)