Where does “-अक” come from?

-अक (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

-अक (Sanskrit): -er

Definitions

  1. -er

Ancestry of “-अक”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
2Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-अक”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas →