Where does “ເຄື່ອງຈັກ” come from?
ເຄື່ອງຈັກ (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.
ເຄື່ອງຈັກ (Lao): machine
Definitions
- machine
Ancestry of “ເຄື່ອງຈັກ”, step by step
ເຄື່ອງຈັກ 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 ເຄື່ອງ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lao | ເຄື່ອງ | thing; device |