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

Definitions

  1. adjectival suffix

Ancestry of “-ইক”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-इकadjectival suffix; doer
2Lithuanian-ikas—
3Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-ইক”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Sanskrit -इक →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →