Where does “बाएँ” come from?
बाएँ (Hindi) comes from Hindi बायाँ, from Sanskrit वामक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.
बाएँ (Hindi): to the left, leftward
Ancestry of “बाएँ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | बायाँ | left |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वामक | left |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -क | doer, maker |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *-kas | — |