Where does “받아들이다” come from?

받아들이다 (Korean) comes from Korean 들이다, from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.

받아들이다 (Korean): to accept something from someone; to adopt or...

Definitions

  1. to accept something from someone; to adopt or...

Ancestry of “받아들이다”, step by step

받아들이다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 들이다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean들이다To let in someone or something; To spend or...
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

via Korean 받다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean받다to get; receive, take, obtain; to endure, suffer;...
Every word from Middle Korean 이 →Every word from Korean —이 →Every word from Korean 들이다 →