Where does “چاك” come from?
چاك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian چاک, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat, from Proto-West Germanic hwat — who.
چاك (Ottoman Turkish): cracked; slit; rent, slit
Definitions
- cracked; slit; rent, slit
Ancestry of “چاك”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | چاک | fissure, rupture, cleft, crack, rent |
| 2 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 | wheel |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 4 | Pali | vatti | |
| 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 |