Where does “뜯어내다” come from?

뜯어내다 (Korean) comes from Korean 뜯다, from Middle Korean ᄠᅳᆮ다 — to tear, pick, pluck; to graze; to play.

뜯어내다 (Korean): to tear, to rip off

Definitions

  1. to tear, to rip off

Ancestry of “뜯어내다”, step by step

뜯어내다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 뜯다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean뜯다to tear, pick, pluck; to graze; to play
2Middle Koreanᄠᅳᆮ다to tear, pick, pluck; to graze; to play

via Korean 내다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean내다to bring about, to pull forth
2Korean나다to be born; to appear, arise, occur, take place;...
Every word from Middle Korean ᄠᅳᆮ다
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