Where does “นกสองหัว” come from?

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

นกสองหัว (Thai): double-dealing person; two-faced person; hypocritical person

Definitions

  1. double-dealing person; two-faced person; hypocritical person

Ancestry of “นกสองหัว”, step by step

นกสองหัว traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai นก

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

via Thai สอง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiสอง2
2Proto-Taisoːŋᴬtwo
3Middle Chinese雙—

via Thai หัว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหัวhead; swelling; protuberance; bulb, tuber, or...
2Proto-Taitruəᴬhead
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