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Korean/Words/shark

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shark

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The rake like
the shark teeth
Etymology
  • See wikt: shark #Etymology
    "Of uncertain origin, most likely from a semantic extension of the German-derived word shark/Schurke for a "scoundrel" (see below). The fish was originally called a dogfish or haye in English and Middle English."
  • maybe related to German Harke,
    maybe related to Korean 갈퀴, 갈퀴다, 할퀴다.