Where does “증편” come from?

증편 (Korean) comes from Korean 편, from Middle Chinese 便.

증편 (Korean): Korean steamed rice cake with 막걸리 as a key ingredient, topped with jujube, chestnuts, or pine nuts before steaming and eaten in summer

Definitions

  1. Korean steamed rice cake with 막걸리 as a key ingredient, topped with jujube, chestnuts, or pine nuts before steaming and eaten in summer

Ancestry of “증편”, step by step

증편 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 편

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean편side; side of an argument; inclination; tendency
2Middle Chinese便—

via Chinese 便

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese便—
Every word from Middle Chinese 便 →Every word from Korean 편 →
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