Where does “잔가시고기” come from?

잔가시고기 (Korean) comes from Korean 잔, from Middle Chinese 盞.

잔가시고기 (Korean): The short nine-spined stickleback, "Pungitius...

Definitions

  1. The short nine-spined stickleback, "Pungitius...

Ancestry of “잔가시고기”, step by step

잔가시고기 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 잔

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean잔a drinking cup
2Middle Chinese盞—

via Korean 가시고기

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean가시고기The Chinese nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius...
2Korean고기meat; fish; a historical record; an ancient...
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