Where does “어쩌다” come from?

어쩌다 (Korean) comes from Korean 어찌하다, from Korean 어찌, from Korean 하다, from Middle Korean ᄒᆞ다〮, from Old Korean 爲 — to do; a light verb attached to various non-verbs...

어쩌다 (Korean): to be inevitable; to be in a certain way; as it...

Definitions

  1. to be inevitable; to be in a certain way; as it...

Ancestry of “어쩌다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean어찌하다to be inevitable
2Korean어찌How, in what way or for what purpose
3Korean하다…을 하다; …을 —게 하다; …을 …으로 하다
4Middle Koreanᄒᆞ다〮—
5Old Korean爲to do; a light verb attached to various non-verbs...
Every word from Old Korean 爲 →Every word from Middle Korean ᄒᆞ다〮 →Every word from Korean 하다 →