Where does “다” come from?

다 (Korean) comes from Middle Korean 다〮, from Old Korean 如 — declarative mood sentence-final verbal suffix.

다 (Korean): the sentence-final declarative mood suffix for...

Definitions

  1. the sentence-final declarative mood suffix for...

Ancestry of “다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Korean다〮—
2Old Korean如declarative mood sentence-final verbal suffix

Words derived from “다”

Every word from Old Korean 如 →Every word from Middle Korean 다〮 →