Where does “ขนมเปียกปูน” come from?

ขนมเปียกปูน (Thai) comes from Thai ขนม, from Thai ข้าว, from Proto-Tai *C̬.qawꟲ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *rŋkoːʔ — husked rice.

ขนมเปียกปูน (Thai): a dessert made from a mixture of rice flour and burnt coir powder stirred in a heated container together with sugar, coconut milk, and limewater, and left thickened, often cut in a rhombus shape

Definitions

  1. a dessert made from a mixture of rice flour and burnt coir powder stirred in a heated container together with sugar, coconut milk, and limewater, and left thickened, often cut in a rhombus shape

Ancestry of “ขนมเปียกปูน”, step by step

ขนมเปียกปูน traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขนม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขนมsweets; dessert; cake; candy; confectionary;...
2Thaiข้าวrice; food; meal; year
3Proto-Tai*C̬.qawꟲrice
4Proto-Austroasiatic*rŋkoːʔhusked rice

via Thai ปูน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปูนlime; mortar; cement; generation; age

via Thai เปียก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเปียกwet, moist

Words derived from “ขนมเปียกปูน

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *rŋkoːʔEvery word from Proto-Tai *C̬.qawꟲEvery word from Thai ข้าว
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