Where does “बालक” come from?

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

बालक (Sanskrit): child, boy, youth; minor; the young of an animal

Definitions

  1. child, boy, youth; minor; the young of an animal

Ancestry of “बालक”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
2Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—

Words derived from “बालक”

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