Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture (한국식생활문화학회지)
- Volume 34 Issue 2
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- Pages.112-128
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- 2019
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- 1225-7060(pISSN)
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- 2288-7148(eISSN)
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Etymology of Kimchi: Philological Approach and Historical Perspective
'김치'의 어원 연구
- Paek, Doo-Hyeon (Department of Korean Language and Literature, Kyungpook National University)
- 백두현 (경북대학교 국어국문학과)
- Received : 2019.04.12
- Accepted : 2019.04.18
- Published : 2019.04.30
Abstract
The history of modern Korean 'kimchi' can be traced through the history of the wordforms 'dihi' (디히), 'dimchʌi' (딤?), and 'thimchʌi' (팀?) in ancient Korean texts. As native Korean words, the 'dihi' word line ('dihi', 'dii', 'jihi', and 'ji') constitutes an old substratum. This word line coexisted with the 'dimchʌi' word line (dimchʌi, jimchʌi, and kim∫chi) from the Hanja '沈菜'. 'Ji', which is the last word variation of 'dihi', and is still used today as the unique form in several Korean dialects. In standard Korean, however, it only serves as a suffix to form the derivative names of various kimchi types. 'Dimchʌi' is believed to have appeared around the