Where does “이웃하다” come from?

이웃하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 이웃, from Old Korean 이븢.

이웃하다 (Korean): to neighbour/neighbor on, to adjoin

Definitions

  1. to neighbour/neighbor on, to adjoin

Ancestry of “이웃하다”, step by step

이웃하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 이웃

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean이웃neighbor, neighborhood
2Old Korean이븢—

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다—
Every word from Old Korean 이븢 →Every word from Korean 이웃 →