Where does “진눈깨비” come from?
진눈깨비 (Korean) comes from Korean 진, from English gin, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
진눈깨비 (Korean): sleet
Definitions
- sleet
Ancestry of “진눈깨비”, step by step
진눈깨비 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 진
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 진 | jeans, or jean fabric; gin; wet, watery |
| 2 | English | gin | A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by... |
| 3 | Old French | engin | intelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;... |
| 4 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 5 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Korean 비
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 비 | rain; Alphabet B; broom |
| 2 | English | Bee | someone connected with Barnet Football Club, as a... |
| 3 | Middle English | been | to be; ben; plural of bee |
| 4 | Old English | bēn | prayer, request; prayer, request, petition,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banjō | wound |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-yeh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
via Korean 눈
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 눈 | eye; vision; bud |