Where does “은” come from?

은 (Korean) comes from Chinese 銀, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl — silver.

은 (Korean): Used to mark the topic of the sentence, which is...

Definitions

  1. Used to mark the topic of the sentence, which is...

Ancestry of “은”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese銀silver
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*d-ŋurlsilver
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl →Every word from Chinese 銀 →