Where does “먹잇감” come from?

먹잇감 (Korean) comes from Korean 감, from Chinese 甘, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-klum — sweet.

먹잇감 (Korean): prey

Definitions

  1. prey

Ancestry of “먹잇감”, step by step

먹잇감 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 감

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean감feeling; persimmon; material, fabric
2Chinese甘sweet
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-klumsweet

via Korean 먹이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean먹이food (often of animals); feed
2Korean—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
3Middle Korean이person
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