Where does “-अक” come from?
-अक (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
-अक (Sanskrit): -er
Ancestry of “-अक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |