Where does “가져가다” come from?

가져가다 (Korean) comes from Middle Korean 가다 — to go somewhere for a certain purpose.

가져가다 (Korean): to take something (somewhere), to take away

Definitions

  1. to take something (somewhere), to take away

Ancestry of “가져가다”, step by step

가져가다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Korean 가다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Korean가다to go somewhere for a certain purpose

via Middle Korean 가지다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Korean가지다to bring, to carry, to have on
Every word from Middle Korean 가다