Where does “बालक” come from?

बालक (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit बालक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

बालक (Hindi): child, boy, lad; infant, youngling

Definitions

  1. child, boy, lad; infant, youngling

Ancestry of “बालक”, 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 →