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Where does “เขียวหวาน” come from?

เขียวหวาน (Thai) comes from Thai หวาน, from Proto-Tai *C̥.waːlᴬ.

เขียวหวาน (Thai): a cultivar of the mandarin orange whose fruits...

Definitions

  1. a cultivar of the mandarin orange whose fruits...

Ancestry of “เขียวหวาน”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหวานsweet; sweet-tasting; mellifluous; luscious
2Proto-Tai*C̥.waːlᴬ—
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