Where does “표범상어” come from?

표범상어 (Korean) comes from Korean 표범, from Middle Chinese 豹.

표범상어 (Korean): leopard shark, catshark, hound shark

Definitions

  1. leopard shark, catshark, hound shark

Ancestry of “표범상어”, step by step

표범상어 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 표범

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean표범leopard, "Panthera pardus"; specifically the Amur...
2Middle Chinese豹—

via Korean 상어

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean상어shark
Every word from Middle Chinese 豹 →Every word from Korean 표범 →