Where does “책갈피” come from?

책갈피 (Korean) comes from Korean 책, from Chinese 冊.

책갈피 (Korean): bookmark a thin strip of paper or plastic placed between pages in a book to mark a place

Definitions

  1. bookmark a thin strip of paper or plastic placed between pages in a book to mark a place

Ancestry of “책갈피”, step by step

책갈피 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 책

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean책book
2Chinese冊—

via Korean 갈피

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean갈피gap between pages or layers
Every word from Chinese 冊 →Every word from Korean 책 →