Where does “आण्विक” come from?
आण्विक (Hindi) comes from Hindi -इक, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
आण्विक (Hindi): molecular
Ancestry of “आण्विक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | -इक | forms adjectives from nouns |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -इक | adjectival suffix; doer |
| 3 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |