Where does “팔뚝시계” come from?

팔뚝시계 (Korean) comes from Korean 팔뚝, from Korean 팔, from Middle Chinese 八.

팔뚝시계 (Korean): wristwatch

Definitions

  1. wristwatch

Ancestry of “팔뚝시계”, step by step

팔뚝시계 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 팔뚝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean팔뚝forearm
2Korean팔arm; eight; eighth
3Middle Chinese八—

via Korean 시계(時計)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean시계(時計)—
Every word from Middle Chinese 八 →