köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 슬〮ᄒᆞ〮야〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: súl-hóyá hòtá), equivalent to modern 싫- (sil-, “to be hateful”)+ -어 (-eo, infinitive suffix) + 하다 (hada, “to do”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *minǫti Proto-Slavic *-mo Proto-Slavic *mìmo Old Polish mimo Polish mimo Proto-Indo-European *wolh₁-yeh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáljāˀ Proto-Slavic *voľà Old Polish wola Polish wola Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Polish -ny Polish mimowolny From mimo + wola + -ny.
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 勉強, composed of 勉 (“to force”) and 強 (“to compel”), from Literary Chinese 勉強 (“to compel; compelled; reluctant”). Compare Japanese 勉強 (benkyō, “self-imposed work; study; learning”).