Where does “추임새” come from?

추임새 (Korean) comes from Korean -이-, from Middle Korean -이〮-.

추임새 (Korean): exclamation of praise called out by the drummer between verses to add energy and excitement; e.g. 좋다, 얼씨구, 흥, etc

Definitions

  1. exclamation of praise called out by the drummer between verses to add energy and excitement; e.g. 좋다, 얼씨구, 흥, etc

Ancestry of “추임새”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean-이-A verbal suffix deriving the stems of causative verbs, attaching to verb or adjective stems which end in a vowel, an aspirate consonant
2Middle Korean-이〮-—
Every word from Middle Korean -이〮- →Every word from Korean -이- →