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.
Ancestry of “실크 로드”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Silk Road | — |
| 2 | German | Seidenstraße | — |
| 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 |