Where does “چاکی” come from?
چاکی (Central Kurdish) comes from Persian چاک, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat — who.
چاکی (Central Kurdish): goodness
Definitions
- goodness
Ancestry of “چاکی”, step by step
چاکی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian چاک
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | چاک | fissure, rupture, cleft, crack, rent |
| 2 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 | wheel |
| 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 Central Kurdish ـی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Kurdish | ـی | — |