뿌리

Etymology
from pre-Middle Korean. Most dialectal forms that superficially appear to have preserved have actually just appended various suffixes with  to. However, the sporadic Gyeongsang forms that begin with, such as , represent a genuine archaism of the.

Beyond Middle Korean, the Korean word was borrowed at some point by Jurchens/Manchus as 🇨🇬; contrast with native Tungusic. See the Manchu entry for more.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1) root
 * 2)  origin, source
 * 1)  origin, source