Where does “잡아당기다” come from?

잡아당기다 (Korean) comes from Korean 잡다 — to take, to hold, to grab, to seize, to arrest;...

잡아당기다 (Korean): to pull, to draw

Definitions

  1. to pull, to draw

Ancestry of “잡아당기다”, step by step

잡아당기다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 잡다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean잡다to take, to hold, to grab, to seize, to arrest;...

via Korean 당기다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean당기다to pull, to draw
Every word from Korean 잡다