Japanese/Korean cognate? Coincidence?

Was just talking with my friend about how モグモグ in Japanese sounds similar to 먹어 in Korean (meaning ‘eat’ and pronounced meogeo? muhguh? idk pick ur romanization).

Does anyone know if there is a history behind this similarity, or is it more coincidence? I realize they are different parts of speech, diff meanings, and I conjugated the Korean word to sound more like モグ, but just wondering anyway!

by ckn713

Leave a Reply
You May Also Like