Where does “사단” come from?

사단 (Korean) comes from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij — four.

사단 (Korean): military division

Definitions

  1. military division

Ancestry of “사단”, step by step

사단 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 四

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese四—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-lijfour

via Middle Chinese 團

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese團sphere, round object

via Middle Chinese 社

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese社god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of...
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