Where does “십구” come from?

십구 (Korean) comes from Chinese 十, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-ɢip — ten.

십구 (Korean): nineteen

Definitions

  1. nineteen

Ancestry of “십구”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese十—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sV-ɢipten
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-ɢip →Every word from Chinese 十 →
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