Where does “चक्रफूल” come from?
चक्रफूल (Marathi) comes from Marathi चक्र, 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.
चक्रफूल (Marathi): star anise
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Ancestry of “चक्रफूल”, step by step
चक्रफूल traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Marathi चक्र
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marathi | चक्र | circle |
| 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 Marathi फूल
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marathi | फूल | flower |
| 2 | Old Marathi | 𑘣𑘳𑘩 | — |
| 3 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀨𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | फुल्ल | flower; inflated, expanded; flowery, abundant in... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |