Where does “ต้มยำกุ้ง” come from?

ต้มยำกุ้ง (Thai) comes from Thai ต้มยำ, from Thai ต้ม, from Proto-Tai tomᶜ — to boil.

ต้มยำกุ้ง (Thai): tom yam kung, a tom yam soup with shrimps or prawns

Definitions

  1. tom yam kung, a tom yam soup with shrimps or prawns

Ancestry of “ต้มยำกุ้ง”, step by step

ต้มยำกุ้ง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ต้มยำ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiต้มยำtom yam, spicy lemongrass soup, hot and sour soup
2Thaiต้มto boil; to trick; to deceive; to sham
3Proto-Taitomᶜto boil

via Thai กุ้ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกุ้งshrimp; prawn
2Proto-Tai*kuŋᴮ/ꟲshrimp

Words derived from “ต้มยำกุ้ง”

Every word from Proto-Tai tomᶜ →Every word from Thai ต้ม →Every word from Thai ต้มยำ →