Where does “太妃糖” come from?

太妃糖 (Chinese) comes from English toffee, from English Taffy, from Welsh Dafydd, from Middle Welsh Dauyð, from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ, from Hebrew דָּוִד.

太妃糖 (Chinese): toffee

Definitions

  1. toffee

Ancestry of “太妃糖”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoffeeA type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
2EnglishTaffyA Welshman
3WelshDafyddDavid
4Middle WelshDauyð
5LatinDavidDavid
6Ancient GreekΔαυίδDavid
7Hebrewדָּוִד
Every word from Hebrew דָּוִד