Where does “ചക്രവർത്തി” come from?
ചക്രവർത്തി (Malayalam) comes from Hindi चक्रवर्ती, from Sanskrit चक्रवर्तिन्, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat — who.
ചക്രവർത്തി (Malayalam): king, emperor
Definitions
- king, emperor
Ancestry of “ചക്രവർത്തി”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | चक्रवर्ती | chakravartin, wheel-turner (in reference to the dharmachakra), world-ruler, upholder of dharma, a title taken by Indian emperors |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्रवर्तिन् | chakravartin, wheel-turner (in reference to the dharmachakra, world-ruler, upholder of dharma, a title taken by Indian emperors) |
| 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 |