Where does “왕지네” come from?

왕지네 (Korean) comes from Korean 왕 — king.

왕지네 (Korean): Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)

Definitions

  1. Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)

Ancestry of “왕지네”, step by step

왕지네 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 왕

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean왕king

via Korean 지네

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean지네centipede (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
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