Where does “털보말벌” come from?
털보말벌 (Korean) comes from Korean 말벌, from Korean 말, from Chinese 末.
털보말벌 (Korean): yellow hornet (Vespa simillima)
Definitions
- yellow hornet (Vespa simillima)
Ancestry of “털보말벌”, step by step
털보말벌 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 말벌
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Korean | 말벌 | any wasp or hornet in the family Vespidae |
| 2 | Korean | 말 | word, speech, language; horse; sawhorse |
| 3 | Chinese | 末 | — |
via Korean 털보
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Korean | 털보 | hairy person |
| 2 | Korean | -보 | an agent noun-deriving suffix attached after a specific noun, verb, adjective or root |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 補 | — |