Where does “왕눈이” come from?

왕눈이 (Korean) comes from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.

왕눈이 (Korean): person or animal with huge eyes

Definitions

  1. person or animal with huge eyes

Ancestry of “왕눈이”, step by step

왕눈이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean —이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean—이For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes
2Middle Korean이person

via Korean 눈

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean눈eye; vision; bud
Every word from Middle Korean 이 →Every word from Korean —이 →