Where does “sahwa” come from?

sahwa (English) comes from Korean 사화, from Chinese 四, from Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.

sahwa (English): A series of political purges in the late 15th and 16th centuries, during which sarim scholars were persecuted by political rivals

Definitions

  1. A series of political purges in the late 15th and 16th centuries, during which sarim scholars were persecuted by political rivals

Ancestry of “sahwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean사화Korean literati purges
2Chinese四four
3Sino-Tibetan*pV-lij—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij →Every word from Chinese 四 →Every word from Korean 사화 →