Etymograph

English

chakra

Chakra comes from Hindi चक्र and directly from Sanskrit चक्र ‘wheel, disc’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘wheel’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷékʷlos‘wheel’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*čakrám‘wheel’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*ćakrámreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEचक्र‘wheel, disc, cycle’
  5. Hindic. 1500–presentsame formcakra
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1911chakra

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷékʷlos‘wheel’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*čakrám‘wheel’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*ćakrámreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEचक्र‘wheel, disc, cycle’
  5. Hindic. 1500–presentsame formcakra
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1911chakra

Earliest quotation: 1911, Calendar of Persian Correspondence...: “...bahlis, chakras, bullock-carts, dolis, tattus, palkis, miyanas, kharkharinas, bajras…”

The story

As a synonym for hackery, either a correction or hypercorrection of that term based on one of its proposed etymologies.

Linked words

pairs

  • chakra and wheel both from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘wheel’

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘wheel’

cycle, cyclic, kike, cyclamen, 15 more

Today it means

noun Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos / chakra

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