Where does “생일 축하해요” come from?

생일 축하해요 (Korean) comes from Korean 축하하다, from Korean ―하다.

생일 축하해요 (Korean): happy birthday!

Definitions

  1. happy birthday!

Ancestry of “생일 축하해요”, step by step

생일 축하해요 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 축하하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean축하하다to congratulate, to celebrate
2Korean―하다—

via Korean 생일

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean생일birthday
Every word from Korean ―하다 →Every word from Korean 축하하다 →