Where does “잎파랑이” come from?

잎파랑이 (Korean) comes from Korean 잎, from Korean 닢 — Used to count flat objects, nowadays mainly coins.

잎파랑이 (Korean): chlorophyll

Definitions

  1. chlorophyll

Ancestry of “잎파랑이”, step by step

잎파랑이 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanleaf, leafage, foliage
2KoreanUsed to count flat objects, nowadays mainly coins

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 Koreanperson

via Korean 파랑

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean파랑blue
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