Where does “ဓမ္မစကြာ” come from?
ဓမ္မစကြာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese စကြာ, 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.
ဓမ္မစကြာ (Burmese): the Wheel of Dharma; the first sermon given by the Lord Buddha on attainment of Buddhahood
Definitions
- the Wheel of Dharma; the first sermon given by the Lord Buddha on attainment of Buddhahood
Ancestry of “ဓမ္မစကြာ”, step by step
ဓမ္မစကြာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese စကြာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | စကြာ | circle; chariot; powerful weapon |
| 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 |