Bernd
06/26/2017 (Mon) 19:01:56
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06/26/2017 (Mon) 19:01:56
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8414
del
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han in hanguk refers to the historical confederacies of old korean cities: mahan, jinhan and byŏnhan; the original meaning of the word is obscure but could be related to hana meaning "one" (compare union, similarly from Latin únus)
guk in hanguk is the most likely source of the word gook in English; it is a Sino-Korean word 國, guó in Mandarin, gwok³ in Cantonese (probably the source in English, considering that the word is attested before the Korean War, which simply reinforced it), kwək in Middle Chinese, and koku in Japanese.
han in hanguk refers to the historical confederacies of old korean cities: mahan, jinhan and byŏnhan; the original meaning of the word is obscure but could be related to hana meaning "one" (compare union, similarly from Latin únus)
guk in hanguk is the most likely source of the word gook in English; it is a Sino-Korean word 國, guó in Mandarin, gwok³ in Cantonese (probably the source in English, considering that the word is attested before the Korean War, which simply reinforced it), kwək in Middle Chinese, and koku in Japanese.