Where does “朝鮮民主主義人民共和國” come from?
朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 (Chinese) comes from Korean 조선민주주의인민공화국, from Korean 공화국, from Japanese 共和国, from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.
Ancestry of “朝鮮民主主義人民共和國”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 조선민주주의인민공화국 | — |
| 2 | Korean | 공화국 | republic; Short for 조선민주주의인민공화국 |
| 3 | Japanese | 共和国 | republic |
| 4 | Japanese | 国 | a land, a large place; a country in general, a... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | 国 | — |