Where does “စက်” come from?
စက် (Burmese) comes from Pali cakka, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat, from Proto-Germanic hwat — who.
စက် (Burmese): circle; wheel; cycle; machine, machinery; to...
Definitions
- circle; wheel; cycle; machine, machinery; to...
Ancestry of “စက်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | cakka | wheel; circle; disc |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 3 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 4 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 5 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 6 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |