Where does “육십” come from?

육십 (Korean) comes from Chinese 十, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-ɢip — ten.

육십 (Korean): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “육십”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese十—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sV-ɢipten
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-ɢip →Every word from Chinese 十 →