Where does “ข้าวเหนียว” come from?

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

ข้าวเหนียว (Thai): glutinous rice; steamed glutinous rice

Definitions

  1. glutinous rice; steamed glutinous rice

Ancestry of “ข้าวเหนียว”, step by step

ข้าวเหนียว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ข้าว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้าวrice; food; meal; year
2Proto-Tai*C̬.qawꟲrice
3Proto-Austroasiatic*rŋkoːʔhusked rice

via Thai เหนียว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเหนียวtough; strong; sticky; gluey; glutinous; stingy;...
2Proto-Taiʰniəwᴬsticky

Words derived from “ข้าวเหนียว”

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