Where does “ទោចក្រយានយន្ត” come from?
ទោចក្រយានយន្ត (Khmer) comes from Khmer ទោចក្រយាន, 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 — who.
ទោចក្រយានយន្ត (Khmer): motorcycle
Definitions
- motorcycle
Ancestry of “ទោចក្រយានយន្ត”, step by step
ទោចក្រយានយន្ត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ទោចក្រយាន
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ទោចក្រយាន | bicycle |
| 2 | Khmer | ចក្រ | wheel, circle, cycle |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 4 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 5 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 6 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 7 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |