Where does “푼” come from?

푼 (Korean) comes from Japanese 分, from Middle Chinese ふん, from Middle Chinese 糞.

푼 (Korean): a classifier for a small amount of money

Definitions

  1. a classifier for a small amount of money

Ancestry of “푼”, step by step

푼 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 分

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese分a minute; a part, a share, a portion; an obsolete...
2Middle Chineseふん—
3Middle Chinese糞—

via Chinese 分

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese分fen; to divide; to split

Words derived from “푼”

Every word from Middle Chinese 糞 →Every word from Middle Chinese ふん →Every word from Japanese 分 →