The story
- Hokkien · borrowed from粿條 /粿条
- Teochew · borrowed from粿條 /粿条
- English todaykway teow
From either or both Teochew 粿條 /粿条 (guê² diao⁵ / guê² diou⁵) and Hokkien 粿條 /粿条 (kóe-tiâu). Compare Malay kuetiau, Indonesian kwetiau, Burmese ကွေ့တီယို (kwe.tiyui), Khmer គុយទាវ (kuy tiəw), Thai ก๋วยเตี๋ยว (gǔai-dtǐao), Vietnamese hủ tiếu.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.