Where does “carati” come from?
carati (Pali) comes from Sanskrit चरति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
carati (Pali): to walk; move about; masculine and neuter...
Definitions
- to walk; move about; masculine and neuter...
Ancestry of “carati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | चरति | to move oneself, go, walk, move, stir, roam... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *čálHati | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *čálHati | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |