Where does “ꦕꦏꦿ” come from?
ꦕꦏꦿ (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese cakra, 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.
ꦕꦏꦿ (Javanese): disc
Definitions
- disc
Ancestry of “ꦕꦏꦿ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | cakra | wheel |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 3 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 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 |