Where does “더듬이” come from?

더듬이 (Korean) comes from Korean 이, from English E, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄, from Egyptian 𓀠.

더듬이 (Korean): antenna

Definitions

  1. antenna

Ancestry of “더듬이”, step by step

더듬이 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanthis; this, this thing, this person; here
2EnglishEThe ordinal number fifth, derived from this...
3Old EnglishE
4LatinEScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae
5Etruscan𐌄
6Ancient GreekεLower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll
7Phoenician𐤄that
8Egyptian𓀠

via Korean [[더듬다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[더듬다

via Korean 더듬]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean더듬]]

Words derived from “더듬이

Every word from Egyptian 𓀠Every word from Phoenician 𐤄Every word from Ancient Greek ε
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