Where does “퇴직금” come from?

퇴직금 (Korean) comes from Korean 금, from Korean 없다, from Middle Korean 없다.

퇴직금 (Korean): severance pay

Definitions

  1. severance pay

Ancestry of “퇴직금”, step by step

퇴직금 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 금

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean금a crack; fissure; fracture; gold; metal
2Korean없다to have none; lacking; nonexistent; to die
3Middle Korean없다—

via Korean 퇴직

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean퇴직retirement
Every word from Middle Korean 없다 →Every word from Korean 없다 →Every word from Korean 금 →