Where does “Chakrapani” come from?
Chakrapani (English) comes from Sanskrit चक्रपाणि, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat, from Proto-Germanic hwat — who.
Chakrapani (English): Name of Vishnu, bearer of the Sudarshana Chakra
Definitions
- Name of Vishnu, bearer of the Sudarshana Chakra
Ancestry of “Chakrapani”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | चक्रपाणि | ‘discus-handed'; A name of Vishnu |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 3 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 4 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 5 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 6 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |