Where does “แก้วตาโบ๋” come from?

แก้วตาโบ๋ (Thai) comes from Thai แก้วตา, from Thai ตา, from Proto-Tai taːᴬ — maternal grandfather.

แก้วตาโบ๋ (Thai): a snack in the form of fried dough that looks...

Definitions

  1. a snack in the form of fried dough that looks...

Ancestry of “แก้วตาโบ๋”, step by step

แก้วตาโบ๋ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai แก้วตา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแก้วตาlens; beloved; dear
2Thaiตาmaternal grandfather; eye; time; turn; moment
3Proto-Taitaːᴬmaternal grandfather

via Thai โบ๋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโบ๋holed; pitted; sunken; empty; none
Every word from Proto-Tai taːᴬEvery word from Thai ตาEvery word from Thai แก้วตา
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