Where does “นกหัวขวาน” come from?

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

นกหัวขวาน (Thai): woodpecker

Definitions

  1. woodpecker

Ancestry of “นกหัวขวาน”, step by step

นกหัวขวาน 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 หัว

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

via Thai ขวาน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขวานaxe
2Proto-Taixwaːnᴬaxe
Every word from Greenlandic nuukEvery word from Greenlandic NuukEvery word from Danish Nuuk