Where does “chukker” come from?
chukker (English) comes from Hindi चक्कर, 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.
chukker (English): One of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes...
Definitions
- One of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes...
Ancestry of “chukker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | चक्कर | curve, turn, circle; spiral; roundabout, traffic... |
| 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 |