Where does “팔다리” come from?

팔다리 (Korean) comes from Korean 다리, from Korean 다른, from Korean 다르다 — different.

팔다리 (Korean): arms and legs; limbs

Definitions

  1. arms and legs; limbs

Ancestry of “팔다리”, step by step

팔다리 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 다리

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean다리bridge; leg; arm
2Korean다른different, other
3Korean다르다different

via Korean 팔

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean팔arm; eight; eighth
2Middle Chinese八—
Every word from Korean 다르다 →