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First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean염〮쇼〮 (Yale: yémsyó), from 염〮 (Yale: yém, “goat”) + 쇼〮 (Yale: syó, “cow”); the former element is no longer used outside this compound.
In Chinese and Japanese, the word for "goat" is 山羊(shānyáng)/山羊(yagi). But in Korean, the equivalent 산양(山羊)(sanyang) usually refers to the unrelated long-tailed goral. The "goat" sense is attested but rare.
