Where does “ถั่วฝักยาว” come from?

ถั่วฝักยาว (Thai) comes from Thai ยาว, from Thai กว่า, from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

ถั่วฝักยาว (Thai): yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)

Definitions

  1. yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)

Ancestry of “ถั่วฝักยาว”, step by step

ถั่วฝักยาว traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ยาว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยาวlong
2Thaiกว่าaway; off
3Thaiปากmouth; brim
4Thaiกาcrow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol
5Thaiกากบาทcross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark
6Thaiบาทpriest; foot; an honorific for or term of address...
7Palipādafoot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a...
8Sanskritपादthe foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,...
9Proto-Indo-Aryanpā́ts
10Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
13Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Thai ถั่ว

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

via Thai ฝัก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiฝักsheath; pod; case; scabbard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds