Where does “호랑이뱀” come from?

호랑이뱀 (Korean) comes from Korean 뱀 — snake, serpent.

호랑이뱀 (Korean): tiger snake

Definitions

  1. tiger snake

Ancestry of “호랑이뱀”, step by step

호랑이뱀 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreansnake, serpent

via Korean 호랑이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean호랑이tiger
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