Where does “연세” come from?

연세 (Korean) comes from Chinese 年, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ŋ~k) — year.

연세 (Korean): age of a person

Definitions

  1. age of a person

Ancestry of “연세”, step by step

연세 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 年

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese年year
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-ni(ŋ~k)year

via Chinese 稅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese稅—

via Chinese 貰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese貰—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ŋ~k) →Every word from Chinese 年 →