English
Paektu
Paektu comes from Korean ^백두(白頭).
- Koreanmodern^백두(白頭)白頭
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Paektu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Koreanmodern^백두(白頭)白頭
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Paektu
Earliest quotation: 2000, Donald N. Clark, The Story of the Korean People: “The land border is 636 miles long (1,025 km),…”
Every English word from Korean ^백두(白頭)
Today it means
name A mountain on the border between Jilin, China and Ryanggang Province, North Korea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Korean ^백두(白頭) / Paektu