Where does “dharmachakra” come from?
dharmachakra (English) comes from Sanskrit धर्मचक्र, 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.
dharmachakra (English): The wheel of Dharma , a motif in dharmic...
Definitions
- The wheel of Dharma , a motif in dharmic...
Ancestry of “dharmachakra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | धर्मचक्र | the dharmachakra, the wheel of dharma |
| 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 |