Where does “ລົດຈັກ” come from?
ລົດຈັກ (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.
ລົດຈັກ (Lao): motorcycle, motorbike
Definitions
- motorcycle, motorbike
Ancestry of “ລົດຈັກ”, step by step
ລົດຈັກ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Lao ຈັກ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
via Lao ລົດ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lao | ລົດ | to reduce, lower; vehicle, car, bus; flavour;... |
| 2 | Thai | รถ | chariot, carriage, cart, wagon, or the like;... |
| 3 | Pali | ratha | a chariot, a car; delight, pleasure |
| 4 | Sanskrit | रथ | chariot, car, especially a two-wheeled... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrátʰas | chariot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrót-h₂-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hret- | to roll; wheel; to run, roll |