Where does “বালক” come from?

বালক (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit बालक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

বালক (Bengali): child, boy, youth

Definitions

  1. child, boy, youth

Ancestry of “বালক”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritबालकchild, boy, youth; minor; the young of an animal
2Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
3Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →Every word from Sanskrit बालक →