Where does “-तक” come from?
-तक (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit तद्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sá, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
Ancestry of “-तक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | तद् | it; that; this |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sá | he |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |