Where does “ຈັກຊັກເຄື່ອງ” come from?
ຈັກຊັກເຄື່ອງ (Lao) comes from Lao ຈັກ, 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.
ຈັກຊັກເຄື່ອງ (Lao): washing machine
Ancestry of “ຈັກຊັກເຄື່ອງ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lao | ຈັກ | how many, how much; motor, machine, mechanism |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 3 | Pali | vatti | |
| 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 |