양말
yangmal · TOPIK 1
socks
🧦 양말 = 洋 (Western) + 襪 (sock): the Western-style sock
A Sino-Korean compound. 洋 (yang) means ocean or overseas, the same yang as in 양복 (Western suit) and 양파 (onion, the Western scallion). 襪 (mal) is the old character for sock. So yangmal is literally the foreign sock.