Where does “지침짙다” come from?

지침짙다 (Korean) comes from Korean 짙다 — dense, thick.

지침짙다 (Korean): to cough

Definitions

  1. to cough

Ancestry of “지침짙다”, step by step

지침짙다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 짙다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean짙다dense, thick

via Korean 지침

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean지침guideline
Every word from Korean 짙다
지침짙다 — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer