Where does “เด็ดขาด” come from?

เด็ดขาด (Thai) comes from Thai ขาด, from Proto-Tai qaːtᴰ — to stop; to cease; to pause.

เด็ดขาด (Thai): decisive

Definitions

  1. decisive

Ancestry of “เด็ดขาด”, step by step

เด็ดขาด traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ขาด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiขาดto lack; to need; to miss; to be torn; to be...
2Proto-Taiqaːtᴰto stop; to cease; to pause

via Thai เด็ด

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเด็ดto pluck, pick
Every word from Proto-Tai qaːtᴰ