Where does “মৌলিক” come from?

মৌলিক (Bengali) comes from Bengali -ইক, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

মৌলিক (Bengali): basic; fundamental; primary

Definitions

  1. basic; fundamental; primary

Ancestry of “মৌলিক”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengali-ইকadjectival suffix
2Sanskrit-इकadjectival suffix; doer
3Lithuanian-ikas—
4Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Sanskrit -इक →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →
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