Where does “거짓말” come from?

거짓말 (Korean) comes from Korean 말, from Chinese 末.

거짓말 (Korean): a lie; a false statement

Definitions

  1. a lie; a false statement

Ancestry of “거짓말”, step by step

거짓말 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 말

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean말word, speech, language; horse; sawhorse
2Chinese末—

via Korean 거짓

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean거짓falsehood, untruth

Words derived from “거짓말”

Every word from Chinese 末 →