Where does “눈치보다” come from?

눈치보다 (Korean) comes from Korean 보다, from Korean -보다 — than; used to form comparisons, optionally with.

눈치보다 (Korean): to read the room

Definitions

  1. to read the room

Ancestry of “눈치보다”, step by step

눈치보다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 보다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean보다to see, look at; to look after; to watch
2Korean-보다than; used to form comparisons, optionally with

via Korean 눈치

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean눈치one's ability to sense what are the correct/wrong...
2Korean눈eye; vision; bud
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