Where does “చక్రవర్తి” come from?
చక్రవర్తి (Telugu) 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.
చక్రవర్తి (Telugu): emperor, sovereign
Ancestry of “చక్రవర్తి”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | चक्रवर्तिन् | chakravartin, wheel-turner , world-ruler,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 3 | Pali | vatti | |
| 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 |