Where does “ၵွင်ႈၸၢၵ်ႈ” come from?
ၵွင်ႈၸၢၵ်ႈ (Shan) comes from Shan ၸၢၵ်ႈ, from Burmese စက်, from Pali cakka, from Sanskrit चक्र, from Pali vatti, from German Watt, from Middle Low German wat, from Old Saxon hwat — who.
ၵွင်ႈၸၢၵ်ႈ (Shan): machine gun
Definitions
- machine gun
Ancestry of “ၵွင်ႈၸၢၵ်ႈ”, step by step
ၵွင်ႈၸၢၵ်ႈ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Shan ၸၢၵ်ႈ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shan | ၸၢၵ်ႈ | wheel |
| 2 | Burmese | စက် | circle; wheel; cycle; machine, machinery; to... |
| 3 | Pali | cakka | wheel; circle; disc |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 5 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 6 | German | Watt | intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast... |
| 7 | Middle Low German | wat | what |
| 8 | Old Saxon | hwat | what; lo!, what!, indeed! |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | hwat | what |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hwat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hwaz |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷód | what |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |
via Shan ၵွင်ႈ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shan | ၵွင်ႈ | tube, pipe, gun |