Where does “졸음” come from?

졸음 (Korean) comes from Korean 음, from Middle Chinese 音.

졸음 (Korean): drowsiness; sleepiness

Definitions

  1. drowsiness; sleepiness

Ancestry of “졸음”, step by step

졸음 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 음

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean음mhm; uh-huh; hm; mmm; hm; um
2Middle Chinese音—

via Korean [[졸다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[졸다—

via Korean 졸-]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean졸-]]—
Every word from Middle Chinese 音 →Every word from Korean 음 →