Etymology Explorer โ€บ Old Marathi

Where does โ€œ๐‘˜“๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜Žโ€ come from?

๐‘˜“๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜Ž (Old Marathi) comes from Maharastri Prakrit ๐‘€˜๐‘€“๐‘†๐‘€“, from Sanskrit เคšเค•เฅเคฐ, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat, from Proto-Germanic hwat โ€” who.

Ancestry of โ€œ๐‘˜“๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜Žโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maharastri Prakrit๐‘€˜๐‘€“๐‘†๐‘€“wheel
2Sanskritเคšเค•เฅเคฐthe wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp...
3Palivatti
4GermanWattintertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast...
5Middle Low Germanwatwhat
6Old Saxonhwatwhat; lo!, what!, indeed!
7Proto-West Germanichwatwhat
8Proto-Germanichwatnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz
9Proto-Indo-Europeankสทรณdwhat
10Proto-Indo-Europeankสทรณswho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kสทรณs โ†’