Where does “귓속말하다” come from?

귓속말하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 귓속말, from Korean 말, from Chinese 末.

귓속말하다 (Korean): to whisper

Definitions

  1. to whisper

Ancestry of “귓속말하다”, step by step

귓속말하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 귓속말

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean귓속말whisper
2Korean말word, speech, language; horse; sawhorse
3Chinese末—

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다—
Every word from Chinese 末 →Every word from Korean 말 →Every word from Korean 귓속말 →