Where does “बाई” come from?
बाई (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit वामक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.
बाई (Hindi): left
Ancestry of “बाई”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | वामक | left |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -क | doer, maker |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *-kas | — |