Where does “벽걸이” come from?

벽걸이 (Korean) comes from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.

벽걸이 (Korean): wall tapestry, hanging tapestry

Definitions

  1. wall tapestry, hanging tapestry

Ancestry of “벽걸이”, step by step

벽걸이 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean —이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean—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
2Middle Korean이person

via Korean [[걸다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[걸다—

via Korean 걸-]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean걸-]]—
Every word from Middle Korean 이 →Every word from Korean —이 →