Where does “참회나무” come from?
참회나무 (Korean) comes from Korean 회나무, from Korean 회, from Chinese 回, from Chinese 回鶻, from Old Uyghur 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 — Uyghur, an extinct Turkic ethnic group who lived in the Tarim Basin, Eastern Central Asia and Western China between 8th and 15th century.
참회나무 (Korean): Korean spindle tree
Definitions
- Korean spindle tree
Ancestry of “참회나무”, step by step
참회나무 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 회나무
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 회나무 | flat-stalked spindle (Euonymus sachalinensis) |
| 2 | Korean | 회 | 膾: sliced raw fish; sashimi; 回: time, occurence,... |
| 3 | Chinese | 回 | — |
| 4 | Chinese | 回鶻 | Uighur |
| 5 | Old Uyghur | 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 | Uyghur, an extinct Turkic ethnic group who lived in the Tarim Basin, Eastern Central Asia and Western China between 8th and 15th century |
via Korean 참
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 참 | truly; Good grief!; Oh, I just remembered |