Where does “양잿물” come from?

양잿물 (Korean) comes from Korean 잿물, from Korean -ㅅ-, from Old Korean 叱 — Genitive case marker, chiefly for inanimate nouns.

양잿물 (Korean): lye

Definitions

  1. lye

Ancestry of “양잿물”, step by step

양잿물 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 잿물

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean잿물lye
2Korean-ㅅ-—
3Old Korean叱Genitive case marker, chiefly for inanimate nouns

via Korean 양(洋)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean양(洋)—
Every word from Old Korean 叱 →Every word from Korean -ㅅ- →Every word from Korean 잿물 →