unnie line

The story

1. English · derived fromline
2. Korean · calque of언니 라인
3. English todayunnie line

Calque of Korean 언니 라인 (eonni rain), composed of 언니 (eonni, “unnie; elder sister of a woman”) and 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), ultimately from English line. By surface analysis, unnie + line. Refer to 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”) for more information.

Words from the same roots