Where does “여동밥” come from?

여동밥 (Korean) comes from Korean 밥 — cooked rice; food, meal; feed.

여동밥 (Korean): a spoonful of cooked food given to the spirits before eating

Definitions

  1. a spoonful of cooked food given to the spirits before eating

Ancestry of “여동밥”, step by step

여동밥 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreancooked rice; food, meal; feed

via Korean 여동

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean여동
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