Where does “지랄하다” come from?

지랄하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 지랄 — commotion, hubbub, ruckus, misbehavior, uncouth activity.

지랄하다 (Korean): to act in a libertine way, to go crazy

Definitions

  1. to act in a libertine way, to go crazy

Ancestry of “지랄하다”, step by step

지랄하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 지랄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean지랄commotion, hubbub, ruckus, misbehavior, uncouth activity

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다
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