Where does “큰개기장” come from?

큰개기장 (Korean) comes from Korean 큰, from Korean 크다 — big, large, great; to grow; to get bigger.

큰개기장 (Korean): switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

Definitions

  1. switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

Ancestry of “큰개기장”, step by step

큰개기장 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 큰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean큰conjugative form of: big; grown up
2Korean크다big, large, great; to grow; to get bigger

via Korean 개기장

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean개기장Japanese panicgrass (Panicum bisulcatum)
2Korean개-of inferior quality; wild
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