Where does “좀조개” come from?

좀조개 (Korean) comes from Korean 조개 — molluscan shellfish.

좀조개 (Korean): shipworm

Definitions

  1. shipworm

Ancestry of “좀조개”, step by step

좀조개 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 조개

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean조개molluscan shellfish

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreana little, somewhat, quite, very
Every word from Korean 조개
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