Where does “언팔로우하다” come from?
언팔로우하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 언팔로우, from English unfollow, from English Un-, from English still, from Old English stillan, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
언팔로우하다 (Korean): to unfollow
Definitions
- to unfollow
Ancestry of “언팔로우하다”, step by step
언팔로우하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 언팔로우
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 언팔로우 | unfollow |
| 2 | English | unfollow | To cease to subscribe to |
| 3 | English | Un- | not |
| 4 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 5 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Korean ―하다
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | ―하다 | — |