Where does “애호박” come from?
애호박 (Korean) comes from Korean 애, from Korean 아이, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.
애호박 (Korean): squash; zucchini
Definitions
- squash; zucchini
Ancestry of “애호박”, step by step
애호박 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 애
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 애 | child; kid; anxiety; impatience; trouble; effort |
| 2 | Korean | 아이 | child |
| 3 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 4 | Old French | i | there |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Korean 호박
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 호박 | pumpkin; an ugly woman; amber |