도롱뇽

Etymology


This word appears to be a compound of an unknown morpheme *되 (*twoy) with Sino-Korean.

The word underwent sound change to by the eighteenth century, which made speakers unaware that the word was originally a compound involving 龍. Consequently, speakers reattached the same character to the word, producing. The initial diphthong was monophthongized in the nineteenth century to create the present form.

Noun

 * 1) salamander
 * 2) specifically ,