Where does “มือปืน” come from?

มือปืน (Thai) comes from Thai มือ, from Proto-Tai mwɯːᴬ — hand.

มือปืน (Thai): gunman: killer armed with a gun

Definitions

  1. gunman: killer armed with a gun

Ancestry of “มือปืน”, step by step

มือปืน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai มือ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมือhand
2Proto-Taimwɯːᴬhand

via Thai ปืน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปืนweapon from which arrows or the like are shot, as...
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