Where does “사이시옷” come from?

사이시옷 (Korean) comes from Korean 시옷 — siot - the name of the seventh jamo, ㅅ in...

사이시옷 (Korean): a Korean morpheme found in many compound words

Definitions

  1. a Korean morpheme found in many compound words

Ancestry of “사이시옷”, step by step

사이시옷 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 시옷

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean시옷siot - the name of the seventh jamo, ㅅ in...

via Korean 사이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean사이gap; space between
Every word from Korean 시옷