Where does “เนยถั่ว” come from?

เนยถั่ว (Thai) comes from Thai ถั่ว, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰuəᴮ¹, from Middle Chinese 豆 — bean.

เนยถั่ว (Thai): peanut butter

Definitions

  1. peanut butter

Ancestry of “เนยถั่ว”, step by step

เนยถั่ว traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ถั่ว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiถั่วlegume; bean; pea; nut
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*tʰuəᴮ¹—
3Middle Chinese豆bean

via Thai เนย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเนยbutter
2Tamilநெய்ghee
3Proto-Dravidian*neyoil, ghee
Every word from Middle Chinese 豆 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰuəᴮ¹ →Every word from Thai ถั่ว →