Where does “벌이” come from?

벌이 (Korean) comes from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.

벌이 (Korean): earnings; moneymaking

Definitions

  1. earnings; moneymaking

Ancestry of “벌이”, step by step

벌이 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean —이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean—이For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes
2Middle Korean이person

via Korean [[벌다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[벌다—

via Korean 벌-]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean벌-]]—

Words derived from “벌이”

Every word from Middle Korean 이 →Every word from Korean —이 →