Where does “प्रधानाध्यापक” come from?

प्रधानाध्यापक (Hindi) comes from Hindi अध्यापक, from Hindi -इका, from Sanskrit -इका, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

प्रधानाध्यापक (Hindi): headmaster, head teacher

Definitions

  1. headmaster, head teacher

Ancestry of “प्रधानाध्यापक”, step by step

प्रधानाध्यापक traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi अध्यापक

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiअध्यापकteacher
2Hindi-इकाone who does; -er
3Sanskrit-इकाone who does; -er
4Sanskrit-इकadjectival suffix; doer
5Lithuanian-ikas—
6Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

via Hindi प्रधान

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiप्रधानchief, foremost, prime; pre-eminent; better,...
2Sanskritप्रधानchief, foremost, most important; pre-eminent;...
3Sanskritप्रधत्तेto place before
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Sanskrit -इक →Every word from Sanskrit -इका →