Korean/Words/곰

곰



 * Hyponyms
 * 불곰 (bul-, "brown bear" lit. "fire bear") cf. Bear
 * 흰곰 (huin-, "polar bear" lit. "white bear")


 * Comparatives
 * Korean vs. Japanese


 * Korean vs. Germanic
 * English groom
 * Etymology
 * 1604, short for bridegroom (“husband-to-be”), from Middle English brydgrome, alteration (with intrusive r) of earlier bridegome (“bridegroom”), from Old English brȳdguma (“bridegroom”), from brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man, hero”). ...
 * Old English guma
 * (poetic) man, hero
 * Synonyms: beorn #Old English
 * Old English beorn
 * (poetic) man, warrior
 * Synonyms: guma #Old English
 * Etymology
 * The origin is disputed. A phonetically exact correspondence exists in Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), ...
 * As such: