Where does “얘” come from?
얘 (Korean) comes from Korean 애, from Korean 아이, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — Postpositional intensifying particle, indeed, at...
얘 (Korean): this kid; he or she or you
Definitions
- this kid; he or she or you
Ancestry of “얘”, step by step
얘 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 애
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 애 | child; kid; anxiety; impatience; trouble; effort |
| 2 | Korean | 아이 | child |
| 3 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 4 | Old French | i | there |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle, indeed, at... |
via Korean 이
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 이 | this; this, this thing, this person; here |
| 2 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 3 | Old English | E | — |
| 4 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |