Where does “걸음걸이” come from?

걸음걸이 (Korean) comes from Korean 걸음, from Korean 걷다, from Korean 거두다 — To harvest; To gather or collect; To earn.

걸음걸이 (Korean): gait

Definitions

  1. gait

Ancestry of “걸음걸이”, step by step

걸음걸이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 걸음

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean걸음A step or steps; Going by or past somewhere
2Korean걷다to walk; to fold up; to roll up
3Korean거두다To harvest; To gather or collect; To earn

via Middle Korean 걸이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Korean걸이—
Every word from Korean 거두다 →Every word from Korean 걷다 →Every word from Korean 걸음 →