Where does “ガビアル” come from?
ガビアル (Japanese) comes from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल, from Sanskrit घण्टिक, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
ガビアル (Japanese): a gharial/gavial
Ancestry of “ガビアル”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | gavial | — |
| 2 | Hindi | घड़ियाल | crocodile; alligator; gharial, gavial |
| 3 | Sanskrit | घण्टिक | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | -इक | adjectival suffix; doer |
| 5 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |