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First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean밇 (Yale: milh).
Potentially an ancient borrowing from Old Chinese麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “barley; wheat”), given that Middle Korean final /-h/ implies Old Korean */-k/ and since wheat is not native to the area. In any case, apparently a Northeast Asian area word: besides Chinese, see also Proto-Japonic*monki(“wheat”) (whence Japanese麦(mugi)), Manchuᠮᡝᡵᡝ(mere, “buckwheat”).