Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Khanom chin" in English language version.
However, one of the most popular theories is that khanom chin is not Chinese, but rather, from the Mon. In Mon, khanom chin is called "kanorm chin", where "kanorm" means a pack sticking together and "chin" refers to being cooked.
Only, historians believe they were introduced by the Mon people, an ethnic group from Myanmar and Central Thailand. The Mon term for rice noodles is "hanom cin", literally meaning boiled noodles, words that were altered only slightly to become part of the Thai language.
