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

  1. sleet

Ancestry of “진눈깨비”, step by step

진눈깨비 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanjeans, or jean fabric; gin; wet, watery
2EnglishginA colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by...
3Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
4Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
5Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
7Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
8Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanrain; Alphabet B; broom
2EnglishBeesomeone connected with Barnet Football Club, as a...
3Middle Englishbeento be; ben; plural of bee
4Old Englishbēnprayer, request; prayer, request, petition,...
5Proto-Germanicbanjōwound
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-yeh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreaneye; vision; bud
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-
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