Where does “우렁각시” come from?

우렁각시 (Korean) comes from Korean 각시 — wife.

우렁각시 (Korean): a heroine of a Korean folktale, a river snail which falls in love with a human farmer and prepares nightly meals for him while he is asleep

Definitions

  1. a heroine of a Korean folktale, a river snail which falls in love with a human farmer and prepares nightly meals for him while he is asleep

Ancestry of “우렁각시”, step by step

우렁각시 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 각시

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean각시wife

via Korean 우렁이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean우렁이river snail freshwater snail for the family
Every word from Korean 각시