Where does “사위” come from?

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

사위 (Korean): son-in-law

Definitions

  1. son-in-law

Ancestry of “사위”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese四four
2Sino-Tibetan*pV-lij—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij →Every word from Chinese 四 →
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