Where does “쓸데없다” come from?

쓸데없다 (Korean) comes from Korean 쓸데, from Korean 데, from Middle Korean ᄃᆡ, from Middle Korean ᄃᆞ.

쓸데없다 (Korean): unnecessary, needless, useless

Definitions

  1. unnecessary, needless, useless

Ancestry of “쓸데없다”, step by step

쓸데없다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 쓸데

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean쓸데use; service
2Korean데—
3Middle Koreanᄃᆡ—
4Middle Koreanᄃᆞ—

via Korean 없다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean없다to have none; lacking; nonexistent; to die
2Middle Korean없다—
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