Where does “지게차” come from?

지게차 (Korean) comes from Korean 지게, from Korean 지, from Middle Korean 디, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...

지게차 (Korean): forklift

Definitions

  1. forklift

Ancestry of “지게차”, step by step

지게차 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 지게

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean지게A traditional Korean carrying frame in the shape of the letter A
2Koreanbamboo flute with five fingerholes, used in 아악(雅樂)
3Middle Korean
4EnglishDeeRiver Dee
5EnglishdoA syntactic marker
6EnglishdittoThat which was stated before, the aforesaid, the...
7Italianditto
8Italiandettopast participle of dire; past participle of...
9Latindictussaid, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been...
10Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
11Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
12Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
13Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
14Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
15Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanvehicle; tea; infinitive of 차다
2Chinese
3Proto-Tochariankuk(ä)lewagon, cart
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷékʷloswheel; circle
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Latin dis-