Where does “옷걸이” come from?

옷걸이 (Korean) comes from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.

옷걸이 (Korean): coat hanger

Definitions

  1. coat hanger

Ancestry of “옷걸이”, step by step

옷걸이 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean —이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean—이For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes
2Middle Koreanperson

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanclothing, clothes

via Korean 걸다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean걸다to hang, to suspend
Every word from Middle Korean