Where does “σβάστικα” come from?
σβάστικα (Greek) comes from German Swastika, from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.
σβάστικα (Greek): swastika
Ancestry of “σβάστικα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Swastika | a swastika |
| 2 | Sanskrit | स्वस्तिक | a kind of bard; any lucky or auspicious object,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -क | doer, maker |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *-kas | — |