Where does “ลูกปืน” come from?

ลูกปืน (Thai) comes from Thai ลูก, from Proto-Tai lɯ:kᴰ — child.

ลูกปืน (Thai): bullet; gunshot

Definitions

  1. bullet; gunshot

Ancestry of “ลูกปืน”, step by step

ลูกปืน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ลูก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiลูกball; round object; fruit; subordinate; person of...
2Proto-Tailɯ:kᴰchild

via Thai ปืน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปืนweapon from which arrows or the like are shot, as...
Every word from Proto-Tai lɯ:kᴰEvery word from Thai ลูก
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