Where does “chakravartin” come from?
chakravartin (English) comes from Sanskrit चक्रवर्तिन्, 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.
chakravartin (English): An ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and...
Definitions
- An ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and...
Ancestry of “chakravartin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | चक्रवर्तिन् | chakravartin, wheel-turner , world-ruler,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 3 | Pali | vatti | |
| 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 |