Chinese

火車

huǒchē
train (Classifier: 列 m; 架 c; 節／节 m; 班 m c; 趟 m; 隻／只 mn-t)
  • TOCFL 2
  • 火车

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Origin

; “train”

; “East Rail Line”

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • partChinese火 “fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團／团 m)”
  • partChinese車 “land vehicle; (specifically) car (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 部 m c; 臺／台 m mn; 架 c; 頂／顶 mn; 張／张 mn-t; 乘 m)”
    • borrowedProto-Tocharian*kuk(ä)le
      • inheritedProto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos “circle, wheel”

Sources