Where does “막이” come from?

막이 (Korean) comes from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.

막이 (Korean): damming (up), banking (up)

Definitions

  1. damming (up), banking (up)

Ancestry of “막이”, step by step

막이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean —이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean—이For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes
2Middle Korean이person

via Korean 막다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean막다to stop up

Words derived from “막이”

Every word from Middle Korean 이 →Every word from Korean —이 →