Where does “가나다순” come from?

가나다순 (Korean) comes from Korean 다, from Middle Korean 다〮, from Old Korean 如 — declarative mood sentence-final verbal suffix.

가나다순 (Korean): A noun for the order of Korean letters

Definitions

  1. A noun for the order of Korean letters

Ancestry of “가나다순”, step by step

가나다순 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean다the sentence-final declarative mood suffix for...
2Middle Korean다〮—
3Old Korean如declarative mood sentence-final verbal suffix

via Korean 가

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean가The outer part close to the boundary; A part...
2Chinese價—

via Korean 나

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean나I, the first-person singular plain pronoun;...
2Middle Korean나I; me
Every word from Old Korean 如 →Every word from Middle Korean 다〮 →Every word from Korean 다 →