Korean/Words/반달족

반달족

A 16th century perception of the Vandals, painted by Lucas d'Heere in the 2nd half of the 16th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library.

Roman: bandal-jog
Focus: 반달 (bandal, "Vandal")
Noun [1] [2]
민족 대이동기의 게르만의 한 부족. 4세기 이후 동유럽으로부터 에스파냐를 거쳐 북아프리카에 건너가 429년에 카르타고를 중심으로 하여 반달 왕국을 세우고 서지중해에서 위세를 떨쳤으나 534년에 동로마 제국에게 망하였다.
(loanword) Vandals [3]

Homonyms

반달 (bandal, "half-moon")

Relatives

언월도 (偃月刀, eon-weol-do, "halberd" lit. "half-moon blade")
cf. Guandao, Woldo, Halberd

Comparatives

An assortment of halberds

halberd

A hand weapon consisting of a long pole fitted with a metal head; the head consists of a blade similar to an axe and usually a spike or hook.

Etymology

(1495) Middle French hallebarde, from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm << Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”) << *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard."

Lombard

(historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.

Etymology

... from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz +‎ *bardaz; equivalent to long +‎ beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). ^[4]

↑ https://ko.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=반달족
↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/반달리즘
↑ The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the 5th century.
↑ The long-handled axe is commonly known as "halberd" in Roman context, and "Woldo" related to 반달 (babdal, "half-moon") in Korean context, which is homonymous to "Vandal". What if "Lombard" and "Vandal" were turned out to be synonymous after all?

[1] ttps://ko.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=반달족

[2] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/반달리즘

[3] The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the 5th century.

[4] The long-handled axe is commonly known as "halberd" in Roman context, and "Woldo" related to 반달 (babdal, "half-moon") in Korean context, which is homonymous to "Vandal". What if "Lombard" and "Vandal" were turned out to be synonymous after all?

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