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Where does “ข้าวโพดคั่ว” come from?

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

ข้าวโพดคั่ว (Thai): popcorn

Definitions

  1. popcorn

Ancestry of “ข้าวโพดคั่ว”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiข้าวโพดcorn; maize
2Thaiข้าวrice; food; meal; year
3Proto-Tai*C̬.qawꟲ—
4Proto-Austroasiatic*rŋkoːʔ—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *rŋkoːʔ →