Where does “ပုံနှိပ်စက်” come from?
ပုံနှိပ်စက် (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.
ပုံနှိပ်စက် (Burmese): printing press; printer
Definitions
- printing press; printer
Ancestry of “ပုံနှိပ်စက်”, step by step
ပုံနှိပ်စက် traces back through 3 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 နှိပ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နှိပ် | press, stamp |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | nup ~ nip | to sink; to set; to enter |
via Burmese ပုံ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပုံ | shape; form; figure; picture; story |