Where does “اینک” come from?

اینک (Persian) comes from Persian ـک, from Middle Persian 𐭪.

اینک (Persian): lo! behold!

Definitions

  1. lo! behold!

Ancestry of “اینک”, step by step

اینک traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـک

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـکdiminutive suffix
2Middle Persian𐭪—

via Persian این

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاینthis
2Proto-Turkicinlair, burrow
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭪 →Every word from Persian ـک →