Where does “-इक” come from?
-इक (Sanskrit) comes from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
-इक (Sanskrit): adjectival suffix; doer
Ancestry of “-इक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |