Where does “બાળક” come from?
બાળક (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit बालक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.
બાળક (Gujarati): child, youth; young of an animal
Definitions
- child, youth; young of an animal
Ancestry of “બાળક”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | बालक | child, boy, youth; minor; the young of an animal |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -क | doer, maker |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *-kas | — |