Where does “푼돈” come from?

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

푼돈 (Korean): small amount of money; penny; chicken feed

Definitions

  1. small amount of money; penny; chicken feed

Ancestry of “푼돈”, step by step

푼돈 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 푼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean푼a classifier for a small amount of money
2Japanese分a minute; a part, a share, a portion; an obsolete...
3Middle Chineseふん—
4Middle Chinese糞—

via Korean 돈

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean돈money
Every word from Middle Chinese 糞 →Every word from Middle Chinese ふん →Every word from Japanese 分 →
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