Where does “헛방귀” come from?

헛방귀 (Korean) comes from Korean 방귀 — fart, wind.

헛방귀 (Korean): gentle fart; farting without sound or smell

Definitions

  1. gentle fart; farting without sound or smell

Ancestry of “헛방귀”, step by step

헛방귀 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 방귀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean방귀fart, wind

via Korean 헛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean헛empty, useless, ineffective; wrongly, incorrectly
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