Where does “우럭볼락” come from?

우럭볼락 (Korean) comes from Korean 볼락 — dark-banded rockfish (Sebastes inermis).

우럭볼락 (Korean): Sebastes hubbsi, a species of marine rockfish found off the coasts of Korea

Definitions

  1. Sebastes hubbsi, a species of marine rockfish found off the coasts of Korea

Ancestry of “우럭볼락”, step by step

우럭볼락 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 볼락

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean볼락dark-banded rockfish (Sebastes inermis)

via Korean 우럭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean우럭
Every word from Korean 볼락