Korean/Words/굽

굽

Roman: gub
Noun [1] [2]
말, 소, 양 따위 짐승의 발 끝에 있는 두껍고 단단한 발톱.
hoof
구두나 운동화 따위의 밑바닥에 붙은 발. 그릇 따위의 밑바닥에 붙은 나지막한 받침.
heel
팔굽, 발굽, 말굽의 굽
elbow, heel, hoof [3]

Compounds

팔굽 (pal-, "elbow") cf. Latin cubitum from cubo ("I kneel down") ^[4]
발굽 (bal-, "heel")
말굽 (mal-, "hoof")

Relatives

굽이 (gub-i, "curve, bend")
굽다 (gub-da, "to be curved, bent")
굽히다 (gubhi-da, "to curve, bend") cf. Latin cubo ^[5]
구부리다 (cuburi-da, "to curve, bend") cf. Latin curvo, cuprum ^[6]
구르다 (gureu-da, "to roll") cf. Latin curro
구리 (guri, "copper" from Latin cuprum)
톱 (tob, "tip" cf. top)

Comparatives

PIE for hoof

Germanic	Slavic	Others
Danish: hov Dutch: hoef English: hoof German: Huf Icelandic: hófur Norwegian: hov Swedish: hov	Bulgarian: копито (kopito) Czech: kopyto Polish: kopyto Russian: копы́то (kopýto) Serbo-Croatian: ко̀пито (kòpito) Ukrainian: копито (kopyto)	Estonian: kabi Finnish: kavio

Japanese 首 (くび, kubi, "neck; neck & head as a whole" cf. "head" in Chinese & Korean) ^[7]

↑ https://ko.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=굽
↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/굽
↑ All these words relate to the idea of 굽이 (gub-i, "curve or bend").
↑ See the photos on the right, relating to what is curved. Explain why the concubine is so called.
↑ The basic meaning "I lie down, sleep" may not well explain, say, cubitum "elbow". As such, the basic idea must be "to bend". Reconsider Relatives.
↑ Both may be related by means of metathesis.
↑ cf. Latin caput "neck" & Polish kopyto, etc. "hoof".

[1] ttps://ko.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=굽

[2] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/굽

[3] All these words relate to the idea of 굽이 (gub-i, "curve or bend").

[4] See the photos on the right, relating to what is curved. Explain why the concubine is so called.

[5] The basic meaning "I lie down, sleep" may not well explain, say, cubitum "elbow". As such, the basic idea must be "to bend". Reconsider Relatives.

[6] Both may be related by means of metathesis.

[7] . Latin caput "neck" & Polish kopyto, etc. "hoof".

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