Where does “발걸음” come from?

발걸음 (Korean) comes from Korean 걸음, from Korean 걷다, from Korean 거두다 — To harvest; To gather or collect; To earn.

발걸음 (Korean): step, pace, gait

Definitions

  1. step, pace, gait

Ancestry of “발걸음”, step by step

발걸음 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 걸음

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean걸음A step or steps; Going by or past somewhere
2Korean걷다to walk; to fold up; to roll up
3Korean거두다To harvest; To gather or collect; To earn

via Korean 발

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean발foot; a weir made of willow or bamboo; a fish...
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