Where does “ข้าว” come from?

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

ข้าว (Thai): rice; food; meal; year

Definitions

  1. rice; food; meal; year

Ancestry of “ข้าว”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tai*C̬.qawꟲrice
2Proto-Austroasiatic*rŋkoːʔhusked rice

Words derived from “ข้าว”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *rŋkoːʔ →Every word from Proto-Tai *C̬.qawꟲ →