Where does “စက်ဘီး” come from?
စက်ဘီး (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.
စက်ဘီး (Burmese): bicycle
Ancestry of “စက်ဘီး”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | |
| 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 |