Where does “namok” come from?

namok (Proto-Korean) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk — mosquito.

namok (Proto-Korean): tree; wood

Definitions

  1. tree; wood

Ancestry of “namok”, step by step

namok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito

via Proto-Austronesian *ñamuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*ñamuk—

Words derived from “namok”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk →