Where does “한국말” come from?

한국말 (Korean) comes from Korean 말, from Chinese 末.

한국말 (Korean): the Korean language

Definitions

  1. the Korean language

Ancestry of “한국말”, step by step

한국말 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanword, speech, language; horse; sawhorse
2Chinese

via Korean ^한국(韓國)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean^한국(韓國)
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