닥나무

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 닥나모 (Yale: tak-namwo), equivalent to 닥 (dak, “paper mulberry”) +‎ 나무 (namu, “tree”).

As paper-making was introduced from China, compare Old Chinese 楮 (OC *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ, “paper mulberry”), although the correspondences are imperfect.

Altaists compare this to Japanese names of hemlock or zelkova: とが/つが (栂) and つき (槻).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠ŋna̠mu]
Phonetic hangul: [당나무]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	dangnamu
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	dagnamu
McCune–Reischauer^?	tangnamu
Yale Romanization^?	taknamu

Noun

닥나무 • (dangnamu)

a paper mulberry tree of the genus Broussonetia
In particular, of species Broussonetia kazinoki.