Where does “จักรยาน” come from?
จักรยาน (Thai) comes from Thai จักร, 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.
จักรยาน (Thai): bicycle
Definitions
- bicycle
Ancestry of “จักรยาน”, step by step
จักรยาน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai จักร
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | จักร | wheel, circle, disk, discus; gear; chakra |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चक्र | the wheel; a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp... |
| 3 | Pali | vatti | to say |
| 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 |