Where does “간지” come from?
간지 (Korean) comes from Japanese 感じ, from Japanese 感ずる, from Japanese する, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.
간지 (Korean): fashionable taste, zest; The sexagenary cycle...
Definitions
- fashionable taste, zest; The sexagenary cycle...
Ancestry of “간지”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 感じ | a feeling, sensation; an impression; an... |
| 2 | Japanese | 感ずる | — |
| 3 | Japanese | する | to exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | す | to do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of... |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | *su | nest |