Where does “高麗人” come from?

高麗人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

高麗人 (Japanese): a person from the Goguryeo or Goryeo kingdoms on...

Definitions

  1. a person from the Goguryeo or Goryeo kingdoms on...

Ancestry of “高麗人”, step by step

高麗人 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
2Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 高麗

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese高麗indicates something that was originally imported...
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →