Where does “jak rung” come from?
jak rung (Jingpho) comes from Burmese စက်ရုံ, from Burmese စက်, from Pali cakka, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat — who.
jak rung (Jingpho): factory
Definitions
- factory
Ancestry of “jak rung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | စက်ရုံ | factory, workshop |
| 2 | Burmese | စက် | circle; wheel; cycle; machine, machinery; to... |
| 3 | Pali | cakka | wheel; circle; disc |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 5 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 6 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 7 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 8 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |