Where does “예수회” come from?
예수회 (Korean) comes from Korean 회, from Chinese 回, from Chinese 回鶻, from Old Uyghur 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 — Uyghur, an extinct Turkic ethnic group who lived in the Tarim Basin, Eastern Central Asia and Western China between 8th and 15th century.
예수회 (Korean): Society of Jesus
Definitions
- Society of Jesus
Ancestry of “예수회”, step by step
예수회 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 회
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 회 | 膾: sliced raw fish; sashimi; 回: time, occurence,... |
| 2 | Chinese | 回 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 回鶻 | Uighur |
| 4 | Old Uyghur | 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 | Uyghur, an extinct Turkic ethnic group who lived in the Tarim Basin, Eastern Central Asia and Western China between 8th and 15th century |
via Korean ^예수
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | ^예수 | — |