Where does “ดาราจักร” come from?
ดาราจักร (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.
ดาราจักร (Thai): galaxy
Definitions
- galaxy
Ancestry of “ดาราจักร”, step by step
ดาราจักร 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 |
via Thai ดารา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ดารา | star: heavenly body |
| 2 | Pali | tārā | The Pali root tar |
| 3 | Sanskrit | तारक | someone or something which delivers, "in the... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | तारा | a fixed star, asterism; the pupil of the eye; a... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | त | this; that |
| 6 | Sanskrit | स्तृ | a star |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hstā́ | star |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |