Where does “격” come from?

격 (Korean) comes from Chinese 格, from Chinese 個.

격 (Korean): surroundings; case; condition

Definitions

  1. surroundings; case; condition

Ancestry of “격”, step by step

격 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 格

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese格—
2Chinese個—

via Middle Chinese 格

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese格—
Every word from Chinese 個 →Every word from Chinese 格 →