Where does “알배추” come from?

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

알배추 (Korean): small, young, sweet napa cabbage, used for dishes such as salads, 쌈 wraps, and 겉절이

Definitions

  1. small, young, sweet napa cabbage, used for dishes such as salads, 쌈 wraps, and 겉절이

Ancestry of “알배추”, step by step

알배추 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 알

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean알egg, roe; grain; ball
2Middle Korean앓—

via Korean 배추

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean배추napa cabbage
Every word from Middle Korean 앓 →