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