Where does “won” come from?
won (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Korean 원(圓), from English won, from Korean 원, from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.
won (Norwegian Nynorsk): won unit of currency
Definitions
- won unit of currency
Ancestry of “won”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 원(圓) | — |
| 2 | English | won | simple past tense and past participle of win; To... |
| 3 | Korean | 원 | won; the official currency of South Korea, sign =... |
| 4 | English | One | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number |
| 5 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 6 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |