Where does “십칠” come from?

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

십칠 (Korean): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “십칠”, step by step

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