Etymograph

English

hyung line

Hyung line comes from English line.

  1. English1500–presentline
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017hyung line

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentline
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017hyung line

Earliest quotation: 2017, Get 'Suho-fied': “Born on 22nd May 1999, belongs to the Hyung…”

Equivalent to hyung + line

Korean 형(兄) ‘older brother of a man’

English hyung

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

The story

Refer to 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”) for more information.

Today it means

noun The elder members of a male K-pop group as a collective.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English line / hyung line