Where does “알곡” come from?

알곡 (Korean) comes from Korean 알, from Middle Korean 앓.

알곡 (Korean): grain, cereal, corn

Definitions

  1. grain, cereal, corn

Ancestry of “알곡”, step by step

알곡 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanegg, roe; grain; ball
2Middle Korean

via Korean 곡(穀)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean곡(穀)
Every word from Middle Korean