Where does “ចក្រពត៌្តិ” come from?
ចក្រពត៌្តិ (Old Khmer) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic hwat — who.
Ancestry of “ចក្រពត៌្តិ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | चक्रवर्तिन् | chakravartin, wheel-turner (in reference to the dharmachakra, world-ruler, upholder of dharma, a title taken by Indian emperors) |
| 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 |