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

  1. child, youth; young of an animal

Ancestry of “બાળક”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritबालकchild, boy, youth; minor; the young of an animal
2Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
3Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →Every word from Sanskrit बालक →