Where does “นกเขาแขก” come from?

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

นกเขาแขก (Thai): zebra dove Geopelia striata

Definitions

  1. zebra dove Geopelia striata

Ancestry of “นกเขาแขก”, step by step

นกเขาแขก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai นกเขา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนกเขาany of various birds of the genus "Accipiter";...
2Thaiนกbird; to be ignored or refused by a person; to...
3EnglishNuuk
4DanishNuuk
5GreenlandicNuuk
6Greenlandicnuukcape

via Thai แขก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแขกguest; visitor; customer; person of Afghanistani,...
Every word from Greenlandic nuukEvery word from Greenlandic NuukEvery word from Danish Nuuk