Where does “စက်ဆရာ” come from?
စက်ဆရာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese စက်, 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 — who.
စက်ဆရာ (Burmese): mechanic; machinist
Definitions
- mechanic; machinist
Ancestry of “စက်ဆရာ”, step by step
စက်ဆရာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese စက်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | စက် | circle; wheel; cycle; machine, machinery; to... |
| 2 | Pali | cakka | wheel; circle; disc |
| 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 |
via Burmese ဆရာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဆရာ | teacher |
| 2 | Sanskrit | आचार्य | ‘knowing or teaching the आचार or rules’, a... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आचार | conduct, manner of action, behaviour, good... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चार | movement |
| 5 | Sanskrit | चर | secret emissary, spy, agent; wandering, walking,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |