Where does “รถจักร” come from?
รถจักร (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.
รถจักร (Thai): locomotive
Definitions
- locomotive
Ancestry of “รถจักร”, step by step
รถจักร 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 รถ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | รถ | chariot, carriage, cart, wagon, or the like;... |
| 2 | Pali | ratha | a chariot, a car; delight, pleasure |
| 3 | Sanskrit | रथ | chariot, car, especially a two-wheeled... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrátʰas | chariot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrót-h₂-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hret- | to roll; wheel; to run, roll |