Where does “하늘색” come from?

하늘색 (Korean) comes from Korean 하늘, from Old Korean 하ᄂᆞᆶ, from Old Korean 天乙 — sky; heaven.

하늘색 (Korean): sky blue colour

Definitions

  1. sky blue colour

Ancestry of “하늘색”, step by step

하늘색 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 하늘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean하늘sky; heaven; heavenly god
2Old Korean하ᄂᆞᆶ
3Old Korean天乙sky; heaven

via Korean 색(色)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean색(色)
Every word from Old Korean 天乙