씨앗

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Dongmun yuhae (同文類解 / 동문유해), 1748, as Early Modern Korean 씨앗.

The first syllable is likely related to (ssi, seed, kernel).

Dialectal forms such as 시갓 (sigat) and 씨갓 (ssigat) show that this word may be a compound consisting of (ssi, seed, kernel) + a cranberry morpheme (gat). If this is the case, the standard Korean term must have undergone lenition from /k/ -> */ɣ/ -> /Ø/ after /i/. Compare a similar development in 벌레 (beolle) and dialectal 벌게 (beolge), 벌거지 (beolgeoji), 벌기 (beolgi).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ssiat
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ssias
McCune–Reischauer?ssiat
Yale Romanization?ssias

Noun

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씨앗 (ssiat)

  1. seed, grain

Synonyms

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