Where does “ถั่วงอก” come from?

ถั่วงอก (Thai) comes from Thai ถั่ว, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰuəᴮ¹, from Middle Chinese 豆 — bean.

ถั่วงอก (Thai): bean sprout

Definitions

  1. bean sprout

Ancestry of “ถั่วงอก”, step by step

ถั่วงอก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ถั่ว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiถั่วlegume; bean; pea; nut
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*tʰuəᴮ¹
3Middle Chinesebean

via Thai งอก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiงอกto grow; to sprout
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰuəᴮ¹Every word from Thai ถั่ว