Where does “chakra” come from?
Chakra comes from Sanskrit चक्र (čakrá), derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian čakrám, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷlos, related to the root kʷel- meaning to turn or revolve.
chakra (English): Any of seven centres of spiritual energy in the...
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- Any of seven centres of spiritual energy in the...
Ancestry of “chakra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | चक्र | circle, ring; wheel; cycle; sequence, progression |
| 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 |