Where does “물맞이하다” come from?

물맞이하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 물맞이, from Korean 맞이, from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.

물맞이하다 (Korean): to shower

Definitions

  1. to shower

Ancestry of “물맞이하다”, step by step

물맞이하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 물맞이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean물맞이shower
2Korean맞이welcoming, receiving, greeting
3Korean—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
4Middle Korean이person

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다—
Every word from Middle Korean 이 →Every word from Korean —이 →Every word from Korean 맞이 →