Where does “Bangkok” come from?
Bangkok (Finnish) comes from Thai บางกอก, from Thai กอก, from Thai ก, from English Google, from English googly, from English goo-goo, from Tagalog gago, from Spanish gago — stutterer; one who speaks nasally; stuttering.
Ancestry of “Bangkok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | บางกอก | — |
| 2 | Thai | กอก | olive; fig |
| 3 | Thai | ก | the first consonant letter of the Thai alphabet |
| 4 | English | Alternative letter-case form of google | |
| 5 | English | googly | A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins... |
| 6 | English | goo-goo | A Philippine person; A government reformer;... |
| 7 | Tagalog | gago | ignorant; foolish; stupid; contemptible; fool;... |
| 8 | Spanish | gago | stutterer; stuttering |
| 9 | Galician | gago | stutterer; one who speaks nasally; stuttering |