Where does “-yak” come from?

-yak (Kalasha) comes from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

-yak (Kalasha): A diminutive-forming suffix

Definitions

  1. A diminutive-forming suffix

Ancestry of “-yak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
2Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →