Where does “-거-” come from?

-거- (Middle Korean) comes from Old Korean 去.

-거- (Middle Korean): A very common verbal suffix in fifteenth-century Middle Korean. There are two main competing hypotheses, and it is also possible that both hypotheses were simultaneously true in some capacity

Definitions

  1. A very common verbal suffix in fifteenth-century Middle Korean. There are two main competing hypotheses, and it is also possible that both hypotheses were simultaneously true in some capacity

Ancestry of “-거-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Korean
Every word from Old Korean