Where does “ચાલવું” come from?
ચાલવું (Gujarati) comes from Old Gujarati चालइ, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀮𑀤𑀺, from Sanskrit चलति, from Sanskrit चरति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
ચાલવું (Gujarati): to walk
Ancestry of “ચાલવું”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Gujarati | चालइ | — |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀘𑀮𑀤𑀺 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चलति | to move; to walk, move |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चरति | to move oneself, go, walk, move, stir, roam... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *čálHati | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *čálHati | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |