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 뻔

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean뻔—
2Korean본root; basis; essence; nature; true self; source;...
3GermanBonn—
4Old High GermanBonna—

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다—
Every word from Old High German Bonna →Every word from German Bonn →Every word from Korean 본 →