Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Samgang haengsildo (三綱行實圖 / 삼강행실도), c. 1460, as Middle Korean 개욤나모 (Yale: kayyom-namwo).

By surface analysis, 개암 (gaeam, hazelnut) +‎ 나무 (namu, tree).

 
개암나무 (gaeamnamu)

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaeamnamu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaeamnamu
McCune–Reischauer?kaeamnamu
Yale Romanization?kay.amnamu

Noun edit

개암나무 (gaeamnamu)

  1. hazel tree
  2. Corylus heterophylla, the Asian hazelnut, in particular

Derived terms edit