Where does “આધુનિક” come from?
આધુનિક (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit आधुनिक, from Sanskrit अधुना, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
આધુનિક (Gujarati): modern
Ancestry of “આધુનિક”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | आधुनिक | new, recent, of the present moment |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अधुना | at this time, now |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -इक | adjectival suffix; doer |
| 4 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |