Where does “चक्रव्यूह” come from?
चक्रव्यूह (Hindi) comes from Hindi चक्र, 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.
चक्रव्यूह (Hindi): encirclement by troops
Ancestry of “चक्रव्यूह”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | चक्र | circle, ring; wheel; cycle; sequence, progression |
| 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 |