Where does “어묵” come from?

어묵 (Korean) comes from Korean 묵 — a non-sweetened jelly.

어묵 (Korean): fishcake

Definitions

  1. fishcake

Ancestry of “어묵”, step by step

어묵 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreana non-sweetened jelly

via Korean 어(魚)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean어(魚)
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