Where does “ลูกกวาด” come from?

ลูกกวาด (Thai) comes from Thai กวาด, from Proto-Tai kwaːtᴰ, from Old Chinese 刮.

ลูกกวาด (Thai): candy; toffee

Definitions

  1. candy; toffee

Ancestry of “ลูกกวาด”, step by step

ลูกกวาด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai กวาด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกวาดto sweep
2Proto-Taikwaːtᴰto sweep
3Old Chinese刮—

via Thai ลูก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลูกball; round object; fruit; subordinate; person of...
2Proto-Tailɯ:kᴰchild
Every word from Old Chinese 刮 →Every word from Proto-Tai kwaːtᴰ →Every word from Thai กวาด →