Where does “चक्कर” come from?
चक्कर (Hindi) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European kʷód — who.
चक्कर (Hindi): curve, turn, circle; spiral; roundabout, traffic...
Definitions
- curve, turn, circle; spiral; roundabout, traffic...
Ancestry of “चक्कर”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 2 | Pali | vatti | |
| 3 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 5 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |
Words derived from “चक्कर”