Where does “중얼거리다” come from?

중얼거리다 (Korean) comes from Korean -거리다 — Suffix deriving frequentative verbs from ideophonic terms.

중얼거리다 (Korean): to mutter, to mumble

Definitions

  1. to mutter, to mumble

Ancestry of “중얼거리다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean-거리다Suffix deriving frequentative verbs from ideophonic terms
Every word from Korean -거리다 →
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