Where does “열셋” come from?
열셋 (Korean) comes from Korean 셋, from Turkish seki, from English shake, from Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan.
열셋 (Korean): thirteen
Ancestry of “열셋”, step by step
열셋 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 셋
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Korean | 셋 | three |
| 2 | Turkish | seki | seat |
| 3 | English | shake | To cause to move rapidly in opposite directions... |
| 4 | Middle English | schaken | To shake or quake |
| 5 | Old English | sċeacan | — |
via Korean 열
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Korean | 열 | ten; fever; heat |
| 2 | Chinese | 熱 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | nwe | warm |