Where does “चक्रवात” come from?
चक्रवात (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit चक्रवात, 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.
चक्रवात (Hindi): hurricane; cyclone; whirlwind
Definitions
- hurricane; cyclone; whirlwind
Ancestry of “चक्रवात”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | चक्रवात | cyclone |
| 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 |