Where does “cakrawarti” come from?
cakrawarti (Balinese) comes from Old Javanese cakrawarti, from Sanskrit चक्रवर्तिन्, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat — who.
cakrawarti (Balinese): chakravartin, wheel-turner (a title of emperor)
Definitions
- chakravartin, wheel-turner (a title of emperor)
Ancestry of “cakrawarti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | cakrawarti | chakravartin |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्रवर्तिन् | chakravartin, wheel-turner (in reference to the dharmachakra, world-ruler, upholder of dharma, a title taken by Indian emperors) |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 4 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 5 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 6 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 7 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |