Where does “실크 로드” come from?
실크 로드 (Korean) comes from English Silk Road, from German Seidenstraße, from German Seide, from Middle High German sīde, from Old High German sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdā, from Latin sēta, from Latin saeta — to satiate, satisfy.
실크 로드 (Korean): Silk Road
Definitions
- Silk Road
Ancestry of “실크 로드”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Silk Road | An extensive interconnected network of trade routes across Asia, North and Northeast Africa, and Europe, historically used by silk traders |
| 2 | German | Seidenstraße | Silk Road |
| 3 | German | Seide | silk; Any of several parasitic vines, of the... |
| 4 | Middle High German | sīde | — |
| 5 | Old High German | sīda | silk |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *sīdā | — |
| 7 | Latin | sēta | — |
| 8 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |