Where does “실오라기” come from?
실오라기 (Korean) comes from Korean 실, from English seal, from Middle English sel, from Anglo-Norman sëel, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
실오라기 (Korean): a single strand, a single piece of thread
Definitions
- a single strand, a single piece of thread
Ancestry of “실오라기”, step by step
실오라기 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 실
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 실 | thread, string; a narrow thing, a thin object |
| 2 | English | seal | A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal |
| 3 | Middle English | sel | Good fortune, prosperity, luck |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | sëel | — |
| 5 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Korean 오라기
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 오라기 | strand, ply, thread |
| 2 | Korean | 올 | the thread, strand, ply, warp; this year; Future... |
| 3 | English | all | Every individual or anything of the given class,... |
| 4 | Middle English | all | all; all, every |
| 5 | Old English | eall | all; whole, entire; everything |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |