Where does “ซามัว” come from?

ซามัว (Thai) comes from English Samoa, from Samoan Sāmoa, from Samoan sā — sacred.

Ancestry of “ซามัว”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSamoaFormerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa
2SamoanSāmoa—
3Samoansāsacred
Every word from Samoan sā →Every word from Samoan Sāmoa →Every word from English Samoa →