Where does “จักรยานยนต์” come from?
จักรยานยนต์ (Thai) comes from Thai จักรยาน, 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 — who.
จักรยานยนต์ (Thai): motorcycle
Ancestry of “จักรยานยนต์”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Thai | จักรยาน | bicycle |
| 2 | Thai | จักร | wheel, circle, disk, discus; gear; chakra |
| 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 |