Where does “모어” come from?

모어 (Korean) comes from Chinese 母語, from English mother tongue, from Middle English mother tonge.

모어 (Korean): mother tongue

Definitions

  1. mother tongue

Ancestry of “모어”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese母語mother tongue; native language; first language
2Englishmother tongueThe language one first learned; the language one...
3Middle Englishmother tonge—
Every word from Middle English mother tonge →Every word from English mother tongue →Every word from Chinese 母語 →