Where does “စက်မောင်း” come from?
စက်မောင်း (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.
စက်မောင်း (Burmese): engine driver, machine operator
Definitions
- engine driver, machine operator
Ancestry of “စက်မောင်း”, step by step
စက်မောင်း 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 |