Where does “우스갯소리” come from?

우스갯소리 (Korean) comes from Korean 소리 — sound, voice; rumour; word.

우스갯소리 (Korean): joke, funny story

Definitions

  1. joke, funny story

Ancestry of “우스갯소리”, step by step

우스갯소리 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 소리

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean소리sound, voice; rumour; word

via Korean 우스개

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean우스개comicality, jocularity; joke, jest
Every word from Korean 소리