Where does “ข้าวโพด” come from?

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

ข้าวโพด (Thai): corn; maize

Definitions

  1. corn; maize

Ancestry of “ข้าวโพด”, step by step

ข้าวโพด 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 โพด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโพดcorn, maize

Words derived from “ข้าวโพด”

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