Where does “ข้าวมันไก่” come from?

ข้าวมันไก่ (Thai) comes from Thai ไก่, from Proto-Tai kajᴮ, from Middle Chinese 雞.

ข้าวมันไก่ (Thai): Hainanese chicken rice, especially its Thai variant

Definitions

  1. Hainanese chicken rice, especially its Thai variant

Ancestry of “ข้าวมันไก่”, step by step

ข้าวมันไก่ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ไก่

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไก่fowl; domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc;...
2Proto-Taikajᴮchicken
3Middle Chinese雞—

via Thai ข้าวมัน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้าวมัน—
Every word from Middle Chinese 雞 →Every word from Proto-Tai kajᴮ →Every word from Thai ไก่ →