Where does “ไข้หวัดนก” come from?

ไข้หวัดนก (Thai) comes from Thai นก, from English Nuuk, from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, from Greenlandic nuuk — cape.

ไข้หวัดนก (Thai): avian influenza; bird flu

Definitions

  1. avian influenza; bird flu

Ancestry of “ไข้หวัดนก”, step by step

ไข้หวัดนก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai นก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนกbird; to be ignored or refused by a person; to...
2EnglishNuuk—
3DanishNuuk—
4GreenlandicNuuk—
5Greenlandicnuukcape

via Thai ไข้หวัด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiไข้หวัดcommon cold
2Thaiไข้sickness; illness; fever; pyrexia; a...
3Proto-Tai*k.rajꟲ—
Every word from Greenlandic nuuk →Every word from Greenlandic Nuuk →Every word from Danish Nuuk →