Where does “죽이다” come from?
죽이다 (Korean) comes from Korean 이, from English E, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄, from Egyptian 𓀠.
죽이다 (Korean): to kill; to cause to die; to extinguish
Definitions
- to kill; to cause to die; to extinguish
Ancestry of “죽이다”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 이 | this; this, this thing, this person; here |
| 2 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 3 | Old English | E | — |
| 4 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |