Where does “순두부찌개” come from?

순두부찌개 (Korean) comes from Korean 순두부, from Korean 순, from Middle Chinese 旬.

순두부찌개 (Korean): soft tofu stew

Definitions

  1. soft tofu stew

Ancestry of “순두부찌개”, step by step

순두부찌개 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 순두부

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean순두부soft tofu
2Korean순pure
3Middle Chinese旬—

via Korean 찌개

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean찌개jjigae, a Korean dish similar to a stew,...
2Korean-개Attaches to verbal stems to derive agentive nouns
Every word from Middle Chinese 旬 →Every word from Korean 순 →Every word from Korean 순두부 →