Where does “ត្រីចក្រយាន” come from?
ត្រីចក្រយាន (Khmer) comes from Khmer ចក្រ, 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.
ត្រីចក្រយាន (Khmer): cyclo, pedicab, tricycle
Definitions
- cyclo, pedicab, tricycle
Ancestry of “ត្រីចក្រយាន”, step by step
ត្រីចក្រយាន traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ចក្រ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ចក្រ | wheel, circle, cycle |
| 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 |