Where does “پِلچاک” come from?
پِلچاک (Gawar-Bati) comes from Persian چاک, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat — who.
پِلچاک (Gawar-Bati): small fragments of a bomb, pebbles, gravel
Definitions
- small fragments of a bomb, pebbles, gravel
Ancestry of “پِلچاک”, step by step
پِلچاک traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian چاک
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | چاک | fissure, rupture, cleft, crack, rent |
| 2 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 | wheel |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 4 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 5 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 6 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 7 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |
via Gawar-Bati پِل
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gawar-Bati | پِل | — |