Where does “오른쪽” come from?

오른쪽 (Korean) comes from Korean 쪽, from Korean 족, from Chinese 族.

오른쪽 (Korean): right-hand; the right side

Definitions

  1. right-hand; the right side

Ancestry of “오른쪽”, step by step

오른쪽 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreana part, piece; page; face
2Koreanfoot; used to form nouns with the meaning "to...
3Chinese

via Korean 오른

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean오른right, right-hand; past adnominal of 오르다
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