Where does “เนยโกโก้” come from?
เนยโกโก้ (Thai) comes from Thai โกโก้, from English cocoa, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.
เนยโกโก้ (Thai): cocoa butter
Ancestry of “เนยโกโก้”, step by step
เนยโกโก้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai โกโก้
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | โกโก้ | cacao; Theobroma cacao |
| 2 | English | cocoa | The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of... |
| 3 | Spanish | Cacao | the 655th most common surname in Guatemala |
| 4 | Classical Nahuatl | cacahuatl | cacao, cacao bean |
| 5 | Proto-Nahuan | *kakawa- | — |
via Thai เนย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | เนย | butter |
| 2 | Tamil | நெய் | ghee |
| 3 | Proto-Dravidian | *ney | oil, ghee |