Where does “ㄹ” come from?

ㄹ (Korean) comes from Translingual ꡙ, from Tibetan ལ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅, from Sanskrit च, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ča, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

ㄹ (Korean): a verbal irrealis adnominal suffix, generally...

Definitions

  1. a verbal irrealis adnominal suffix, generally...

Ancestry of “ㄹ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualꡙ'Phags-pa letter la
2Tibetanལhillside, mountain pass; Marks oblique locatives;...
3Maharastri Prakrit𑀅and; also, moreover
4Sanskritचand, both, also, moreover, as well as
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-čaand
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “ㄹ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ča →Every word from Sanskrit च →