Where does “헤엄치다” come from?

헤엄치다 (Korean) comes from Korean 헤엄 — swimming.

헤엄치다 (Korean): to swim

Definitions

  1. to swim

Ancestry of “헤엄치다”, step by step

헤엄치다 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 헤엄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean헤엄swimming

via Korean 치다]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean치다]]

via Korean [[치다#hit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[치다#hit
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