Where does “회나무” come from?

회나무 (Korean) comes from Korean 회, from Chinese 回, from Chinese 回鶻, from Old Uyghur 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 — Uyghur, an extinct Turkic ethnic group who lived in the Tarim Basin, Eastern Central Asia and Western China between 8th and 15th century.

회나무 (Korean): flat-stalked spindle (Euonymus sachalinensis)

Definitions

  1. flat-stalked spindle (Euonymus sachalinensis)

Ancestry of “회나무”, step by step

회나무 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 회

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean회膾: sliced raw fish; sashimi; 回: time, occurence,...
2Chinese回—
3Chinese回鶻Uighur
4Old Uyghur𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾Uyghur, an extinct Turkic ethnic group who lived in the Tarim Basin, Eastern Central Asia and Western China between 8th and 15th century

via Korean 나무

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean나무tree; wood
2Proto-Koreannamoktree; wood
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito

Words derived from “회나무”

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