Where does “ปืนเล็กยาว” come from?

ปืนเล็กยาว (Thai) comes from Thai ยาว, from Thai กว่า, from Thai ปาก, from Thai กา, from Thai กากบาท, from Thai บาท, from Pali pāda, from Sanskrit पाद — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

ปืนเล็กยาว (Thai): rifle

Definitions

  1. rifle

Ancestry of “ปืนเล็กยาว”, step by step

ปืนเล็กยาว traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ยาว

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยาวlong
2Thaiกว่าaway; off
3Thaiปากmouth; brim
4Thaiกาcrow; teapot; to make or write a cross symbol
5Thaiกากบาทcross symbol; plus symbol; Thai fourth tone mark
6Thaiบาทpriest; foot; an honorific for or term of address...
7Palipādafoot; foot of a mountain; foot of a verse; a...
8Sanskritपादthe foot; the foot or leg of an inanimate object,...
9Proto-Indo-Aryanpā́ts
10Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
13Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Thai เล็ก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเล็กsmall

via Thai ปืน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปืนweapon from which arrows or the like are shot, as...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pódsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds