Where does “ճաքել” come from?
ճաքել (Armenian) comes from Armenian ճաք, from Persian چاک, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat — who.
ճաքել (Armenian): to crack, to split; to crack up, to laugh
Definitions
- to crack, to split; to crack up, to laugh
Ancestry of “ճաքել”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | ճաք | crack, split; cleft, fissure; chap |
| 2 | Persian | چاک | fissure, rupture, cleft, crack, rent |
| 3 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 | wheel |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 5 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 6 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 7 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 8 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |