Where does “내리받다” come from?

내리받다 (Korean) comes from Korean 내리, from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.

내리받다 (Korean): to come from top to bottom

Definitions

  1. to come from top to bottom

Ancestry of “내리받다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean내리downwards; from top to bottom
2Korean—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
3Middle Korean이person
Every word from Middle Korean 이 →Every word from Korean —이 →Every word from Korean 내리 →