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Where does “ဖုန်စုပ်စက်” come from?

ဖုန်စုပ်စက် (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.

ဖုန်စုပ်စက် (Burmese): vacuum cleaner

Definitions

  1. vacuum cleaner

Ancestry of “ဖုန်စုပ်စက်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစက်circle; wheel; cycle; machine, machinery; to...
2Palicakkawheel; circle; disc
3Sanskritचक्रthe wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp...
4Palivatti
5GermanWattintertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast...
6Middle Low Germanwatwhat
7Old Saxonhwatwhat; lo!, what!, indeed!
8Proto-West Germanichwatwhat
9Proto-Germanichwatnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho
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