Where does “헛되다” come from?

헛되다 (Korean) comes from Korean 헛-, from Korean -ㅅ-, from Old Korean 叱 — Genitive case marker, chiefly for inanimate nouns.

헛되다 (Korean): vain, fruitless; groundless, untrue

Definitions

  1. vain, fruitless; groundless, untrue

Ancestry of “헛되다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean헛-false; in vain
2Korean-ㅅ-—
3Old Korean叱Genitive case marker, chiefly for inanimate nouns
Every word from Old Korean 叱 →Every word from Korean -ㅅ- →Every word from Korean 헛- →