Where does “भुइँचालो” come from?
भुइँचालो (Nepali) comes from Nepali चल्नु, from Sanskrit चलति, from Sanskrit चरति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
भुइँचालो (Nepali): earthquake
Ancestry of “भुइँचालो”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Nepali | चल्नु | to move; to function, to work, to run |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चलति | to move; to walk, move |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चरति | to move oneself, go, walk, move, stir, roam... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *čálHati | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *čálHati | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |