Where does “প্রাদেশিক” come from?
প্রাদেশিক (Bengali) comes from Bengali -ইক, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
প্রাদেশিক (Bengali): provincial; of the state
Ancestry of “প্রাদেশিক”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bengali | -ইক | adjectival suffix |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -इक | adjectival suffix; doer |
| 3 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |