Where does “거짓말하다” come from?

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

거짓말하다 (Korean): to lie; to tell a lie

Definitions

  1. to lie; to tell a lie

Ancestry of “거짓말하다”, step by step

거짓말하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 거짓말

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean거짓말a lie; a false statement
2Koreanword, speech, language; horse; sawhorse
3Chinese

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다
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