Where does “툴팁” come from?

툴팁 (Korean) comes from English tooltip, from English tip, from Middle English tip, from Proto-Germanic tuppijô, from Proto-Germanic tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European dumb- — tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

툴팁 (Korean): tooltip

Definitions

  1. tooltip

Ancestry of “툴팁”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtooltipAn element of a graphical user interface in the...
2EnglishtipThe extreme end of something, especially when...
3Middle Englishtip
4Proto-Germanictuppijôto be atop
5Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
6Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dumb-
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