Where does “해넘이” come from?

해넘이 (Korean) comes from Korean 해, from Chinese 海.

해넘이 (Korean): sunset; sundown

Definitions

  1. sunset; sundown

Ancestry of “해넘이”, step by step

해넘이 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 해

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean해the Sun; sunlight, sunbeam; daytime
2Chinese海—

via Korean —이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean—이For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes
2Middle Korean이person

via Korean [[넘다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[넘다—
Every word from Chinese 海 →Every word from Korean 해 →