구두

Seems to be borrowed from Japanese 靴 (kutsu, “shoe”), attestable since 759 CE, but then some Japanese sources suggest that the Japanese term may have been borrowed from Korean 구두 (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?). Compare Hamgyong Korean 구주 (guju).^[1] First attested in the Daehan Maeil Sinbo (大韓每日新報 / 대한매일신보) (No. 84), 1903. The late attestation also points to a late loanword from Japanese.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kudu]
• Phonetic hangul: [구두]

구두 • (gudu)

1. dress shoes (Western-style footwear made of leather)

   Synonym: (dated) 양혜(洋鞋) (yanghye)

   Hypernyms: 신 (sin, “shoes”), 신발 (sinbal, “shoes”)

• 운동화(運動靴) (undonghwa, “athletic shoes”)

Sino-Korean word from 口頭 (“oral”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈku(ː)du]
• Phonetic hangul: [구(ː)두]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

구두 • (gudu) (hanja 口頭)

1. word of mouth; verbal means