Where does “vicāraka” come from?

vicāraka (Pali) comes from Hindi विचारक, from Hindi -क, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

Ancestry of “vicāraka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiविचारकthinker, ideologue
2Hindi-कa diminutive masculine nominal suffix
3Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
4Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—

Words derived from “vicāraka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →Every word from Hindi -क →
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