Where does “ㄱ 구개음화” come from?

ㄱ 구개음화 (Korean) comes from Korean ㄱ, from Translingual ꡂ — 'Phags-pa letter ga.

ㄱ 구개음화 (Korean): palatalization of velar consonants to alveolopalatal consonants (e.g. 기름 → 지름)

Definitions

  1. palatalization of velar consonants to alveolopalatal consonants (e.g. 기름 → 지름)

Ancestry of “ㄱ 구개음화”, step by step

ㄱ 구개음화 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean ㄱ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KoreanㄱThe first jamo (letter) of the Korean alphabet, called
2Translingualꡂ'Phags-pa letter ga

via Korean 구개음화

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean구개음화palatalization
2Middle Chinese化—
Every word from Translingual ꡂ →Every word from Korean ㄱ →