ext_21044 ([identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] muckefuck 2009-02-24 06:52 pm (UTC)

Certainly looks that way. Martin lists 딱딱 as an onomatopoeia for "with repeated bangs (crashes, cracks, thuds, smashes)". It spawns a whole family of related sound-symbolic words including 딱다그르르 and 딱다글딱다글, either of which could be the basis for 딱따구리.

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