Where does “널뛰기” come from?

널뛰기 (Korean) comes from Korean 널, from Korean 너, from Middle Korean 너 — you.

널뛰기 (Korean): Neolttwigi, an outdoor game of Korean women and girls played on traditional holidays, similar to seesaw

Definitions

  1. Neolttwigi, an outdoor game of Korean women and girls played on traditional holidays, similar to seesaw

Ancestry of “널뛰기”, step by step

널뛰기 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 널

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean널panel, board, plank
2Korean너second-person singular informal pronoun; you
3Middle Korean너you

via Korean [[뛰다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[뛰다—

via Korean 뛰-]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean뛰-]]—
Every word from Middle Korean 너 →