Where does “뜸팡이” come from?

뜸팡이 (Korean) comes from Korean 뜨다 — to float; to rise; to open one's closed eyes; to...

뜸팡이 (Korean): yeast

Definitions

  1. yeast

Ancestry of “뜸팡이”, step by step

뜸팡이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 뜨다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean뜨다to float; to rise; to open one's closed eyes; to...

via Korean 팡이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean팡이fungus, mold
Every word from Korean 뜨다