Where does “လေအေးစက်” come from?
လေအေးစက် (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.
လေအေးစက် (Burmese): air conditioner
Definitions
- air conditioner
Ancestry of “လေအေးစက်”, step by step
လေအေးစက် 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 လေ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လေ | wind, air; Used to soften an indicative sentence:... |
| 2 | Old Burmese | လိယ် | — |
| 3 | Sino-Tibetan | *tV-lij | — |
via Burmese အေး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | အေး | cool, cold; calm, quiet; peaceful |