Where does “젓가락질하다” come from?

젓가락질하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 젓가락질, from Korean 젓가락 — chopsticks.

젓가락질하다 (Korean): to use chopsticks; to handle chopsticks

Definitions

  1. to use chopsticks; to handle chopsticks

Ancestry of “젓가락질하다”, step by step

젓가락질하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 젓가락질

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean젓가락질using chopsticks; handling chopsticks
2Korean젓가락chopsticks

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다—
Every word from Korean 젓가락 →Every word from Korean 젓가락질 →