Where does “ข้าวสวย” come from?
ข้าวสวย (Thai) comes from Thai ข้าว, from Proto-Tai *C̬.qawꟲ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *rŋkoːʔ — husked rice.
ข้าวสวย (Thai): steamed rice
Ancestry of “ข้าวสวย”, step by step
ข้าวสวย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ข้าว
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | ข้าว | rice; food; meal; year |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | *C̬.qawꟲ | rice |
| 3 | Proto-Austroasiatic | *rŋkoːʔ | husked rice |
via Thai สวย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | สวย | beautiful; perfectly steamed; well steamed; to... |
| 2 | Thai | ซวย | luckless; unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious;... |
| 3 | Hokkien | 衰 | to have poor luck |