Where does “រោងចក្រអគ្គិសនី” come from?
រោងចក្រអគ្គិសនី (Khmer) comes from Khmer រោងចក្រ, 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.
រោងចក្រអគ្គិសនី (Khmer): power station, power plant
Definitions
- power station, power plant
Ancestry of “រោងចក្រអគ្គិសនី”, step by step
រោងចក្រអគ្គិសនី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer រោងចក្រ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | រោងចក្រ | factory; mill; plant |
| 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 |