Where does “굽이” come from?

굽이 (Korean) comes from Korean 山, from Middle Chinese 山.

굽이 (Korean): a turn, bend of a river, road, etc., curve of a street, etc

Definitions

  1. a turn, bend of a river, road, etc., curve of a street, etc

Ancestry of “굽이”, step by step

굽이 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 山

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean山—
2Middle Chinese山—

via Korean —이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean—이For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes
2Middle Korean이person

via Korean [[굽다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[굽다—

Words derived from “굽이”

Every word from Middle Chinese 山 →Every word from Korean 山 →