Where does “아들아이” come from?

아들아이 (Korean) comes from Korean 아이, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe — resin, gum; to say, speak.

아들아이 (Korean): (my/our) young son (when talking to other people)

Definitions

  1. (my/our) young son (when talking to other people)

Ancestry of “아들아이”, step by step

아들아이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 아이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean아이child
2EnglishIThe speaker or writer, referred to as the...
3Old Frenchithere
4Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
5Latinheic
6Latinhicthis; these in the plural
7Proto-Italichek(e)
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt
11Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
12Old High Germankuti
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

via Korean 아들

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean아들son
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-