Where does “นกต่อ” come from?

นกต่อ (Thai) comes from Thai นก, from English Nuuk, from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, from Greenlandic nuuk — cape.

นกต่อ (Thai): decoy; bait; lure

Definitions

  1. decoy; bait; lure

Ancestry of “นกต่อ”, step by step

นกต่อ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai นก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนกbird; to be ignored or refused by a person; to...
2EnglishNuuk—
3DanishNuuk—
4GreenlandicNuuk—
5Greenlandicnuukcape

via Thai ต่อ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiต่อwasp; to fight; to strike; to attack; to combat;...
2Proto-Taitoːᴮbee
Every word from Greenlandic nuuk →Every word from Greenlandic Nuuk →Every word from Danish Nuuk →
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