Where does “뻔하다” come from?

뻔하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 뻔, from Korean 본, from German Bonn, from Old High German Bonna.

뻔하다 (Korean): (to be) clear, obvious, evident

Definitions

  1. (to be) clear, obvious, evident

Ancestry of “뻔하다”, step by step

뻔하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean
2Koreanroot; basis; essence; nature; true self; source;...
3GermanBonn
4Old High GermanBonna

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다
Every word from Old High German Bonna
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