Where does “웃드르” come from?

웃드르 (Jeju) comes from Jeju 우, from Middle Korean 웋, from Old Korean 上只 — top; above.

웃드르 (Jeju): A mountainous area

Definitions

  1. A mountainous area

Ancestry of “웃드르”, step by step

웃드르 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Jeju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Jejuabove, upper, upside, top
2Middle Koreanabove, upper, upside, top
3Old Korean上只top; above

via Jeju 드르

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Jeju드르meadow

via Jeju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JejuThe Jeju letter, ㅅ
Every word from Old Korean 上只