Where does “ข้าวหมกไก่” come from?
ข้าวหมกไก่ (Thai) comes from Thai ข้าว, from Proto-Tai *C̬.qawꟲ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *rŋkoːʔ — husked rice.
ข้าวหมกไก่ (Thai): chicken biryani
Definitions
- chicken biryani
Ancestry of “ข้าวหมกไก่”, step by step
ข้าวหมกไก่ traces back through 3 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 ไก่
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ไก่ | fowl; domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc;... |
| 2 | Proto-Tai | kajᴮ | chicken |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 雞 | — |
via Thai หมก
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | หมก | to bury; to cover; to hide; to bake in a banana... |