Where does “디지털시계” come from?

디지털시계 (Korean) comes from Korean 디지털, from English digital, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

디지털시계 (Korean): digital clock

Definitions

  1. digital clock

Ancestry of “디지털시계”, step by step

디지털시계 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 디지털

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean디지털digital
2EnglishdigitalHaving to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger
3LatindigitālisOf or belonging to the finger
4Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Korean 시계(時計)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean시계(時計)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ-