Where does “ရေစက်ချ” come from?
ရေစက်ချ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရေစက်, from Burmese စက်, from Pali cakka, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat — who.
ရေစက်ချ (Burmese): to pour water symbolically after a meritorious deed, make a libation
Definitions
- to pour water symbolically after a meritorious deed, make a libation
Ancestry of “ရေစက်ချ”, step by step
ရေစက်ချ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ရေစက်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ရေစက် | water pump |
| 2 | Burmese | စက် | circle; wheel; cycle; machine, machinery; to... |
| 3 | Pali | cakka | wheel; circle; disc |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 5 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 6 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 7 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 8 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |
via Burmese ချ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ချ | to cause to fall, put down, bring down, drop, lower |