Where does “사단조” come from?

사단조 (Korean) comes from Korean 사, from Chinese 四, from Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.

사단조 (Korean): G minor

Definitions

  1. G minor

Ancestry of “사단조”, step by step

사단조 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanfour; company; death
2Chinesefour
3Sino-Tibetan*pV-lij

via Korean 단조(短調)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean단조(短調)
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij
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