Where does “아래위” come from?

아래위 (Korean) comes from Korean 위, from Chinese 位, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp — to stand.

아래위 (Korean): up and down

Definitions

  1. up and down

Ancestry of “아래위”, step by step

아래위 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanabove, upper, upside, top
2Chinese
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-r(j)əpto stand

via Korean 아래

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean아래below, bottom, lower, underneath
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