Where does “비단길” come from?

비단길 (Korean) comes from Korean 길, from Chinese 吉, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-kjit — happy; pleased.

비단길 (Korean): Silk Road

Definitions

  1. Silk Road

Ancestry of “비단길”, step by step

비단길 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanroad, path; means, course; conduct, moral
2Chinese
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-kjithappy; pleased

via Korean 비단(緋緞)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean비단(緋緞)
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-kjit