Where does “양팔” come from?

양팔 (Korean) comes from Korean 팔, from Middle Chinese 八.

양팔 (Korean): both arms

Definitions

  1. both arms

Ancestry of “양팔”, step by step

양팔 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanarm; eight; eighth
2Middle Chinese

via Korean 양(兩)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean양(兩)
Every word from Middle Chinese