The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷékʷlos“wheel, circle”
- Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*čakrám
- Proto-Iranian · derived from*čaxrám
- Middle Persian · derived from𐫝𐫍𐫡“wheel, cycle”
- Classical Persian · derived fromچرخ
- Hindustani · borrowed from
- English todaycharkha
Borrowed from Hindustani چرخہ (carxa) / चरख़ा (carxā), from Classical Persian چرخ (čarx), from Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫡 (chr /čahr/, “wheel, cycle”), from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel, circle”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos all →
cyclechakram
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.