Where does “풋내기” come from?

풋내기 (Korean) comes from Korean 풋-, from Korean -ㅅ-, from Old Korean 叱 — Genitive case marker, chiefly for inanimate nouns.

풋내기 (Korean): novice, new hand, beginner; rash person, hotspur

Definitions

  1. novice, new hand, beginner; rash person, hotspur

Ancestry of “풋내기”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean풋-green, unripe
2Korean-ㅅ-
3Old KoreanGenitive case marker, chiefly for inanimate nouns
Every word from Old Korean