Where does “चक्रवर्ती” come from?
चक्रवर्ती (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit चक्रवर्तिन्, 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.
चक्रवर्ती (Hindi): chakravartin, wheel-turner , world-ruler,...
Definitions
- chakravartin, wheel-turner , world-ruler,...
Ancestry of “चक्रवर्ती”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | चक्रवर्तिन् | chakravartin, wheel-turner , world-ruler,... |
| 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 |