Where does “시합” come from?

시합 (Korean) comes from Japanese 試合, from Japanese する, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.

시합 (Korean): game, contest, match

Definitions

  1. game, contest, match

Ancestry of “시합”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese試合match, game
2Japaneseするto exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to...
3Old Japaneseすto do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of...
4Proto-Japonic*sunest
Every word from Proto-Japonic *su →Every word from Old Japanese す →Every word from Japanese する →
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