Etymograph

English

chukker

Chukker comes from Hindi चक्कर ‘curve, turn, circle’, from Sanskrit चक्र ‘a discus or sharp circular missile weapon,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘wheel’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷékʷlos1‘wheel’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*čakrám1‘wheel’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*ćakrám1reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEचक्र2cakra‘a discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially that of Vishnu’
  5. Hindic. 1500–presentचक्कर2cakkar‘curve, turn, circle’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1924chukker2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Sanskrit चक्र
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English chukker
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India: “‘Let's have another chukker.’”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷékʷlosWiktionary, Sanskrit चक्र‘wheel’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*čakrámWiktionary, Sanskrit चक्र‘wheel’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*ćakrámWiktionary, Sanskrit चक्रreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEचक्रWiktionary, English chukkercakra‘a discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially that of Vishnu’
  5. Hindic. 1500–presentचक्करWiktionary, English chukkercakkar‘curve, turn, circle’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1924chukkerWiktionary, English chukker. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India: “‘Let's have another chukker.’”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘wheel’

cycle, wheel, cyclic, kike, cyclamen, 14 more

through Sanskrit चक्र ‘a discus or sharp circular missile weapon,…’

chakra, 3 more

Today it means

noun Any of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “chukker”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Sanskrit चक्र. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos / chukker

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