Where does “반스타킹” come from?
반스타킹 (Korean) comes from Korean 스타킹, from English stocking, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.
반스타킹 (Korean): knee socks, knee highs (a sock that reaches almost up to the knee)
Definitions
- knee socks, knee highs (a sock that reaches almost up to the knee)
Ancestry of “반스타킹”, step by step
반스타킹 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 스타킹
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 스타킹 | stocking |
| 2 | English | stocking | A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on... |
| 3 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 4 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 5 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Korean 반(半)
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 반(半) | — |