Where does “참느릅나무” come from?
참느릅나무 (Korean) comes from Korean 참 — truly; Good grief!; Oh, I just remembered.
참느릅나무 (Korean): Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Definitions
- Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Ancestry of “참느릅나무”, step by step
참느릅나무 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 참
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 참 | truly; Good grief!; Oh, I just remembered |
via Korean 느릅나무
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 느릅나무 | An elm, particularly the Japanese elm (Ulmus davidiana var. japonica) |