Where does “หยุดยิง” come from?

หยุดยิง (Thai) comes from Thai ยิง, from Proto-Tai ɲɯŋᴬ — to shoot.

หยุดยิง (Thai): to stop firing or shooting

Definitions

  1. to stop firing or shooting

Ancestry of “หยุดยิง”, step by step

หยุดยิง traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ยิง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยิงto fire; to shoot
2Proto-Taiɲɯŋᴬto shoot

via Thai หยุด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหยุดto stop
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