Where does “การย้อนแย้ง” come from?

การย้อนแย้ง (Thai) comes from Thai การ, from Pali kāra, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

Ancestry of “การย้อนแย้ง”, step by step

การย้อนแย้ง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai การ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai ย้อนแย้ง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiย้อนแย้งto be self-contradictory; to contradict oneself or itself
2Thaiแย้งto contradict; to conflict with; to object; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार