Where does “agentlik” come from?

agentlik (Turkmen) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-, from Proto-Indo-European l(o)yk-o-.

agentlik (Turkmen): agency

Definitions

  1. agency

Ancestry of “agentlik”, step by step

agentlik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclik-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanl(o)yk-o-—

via Turkmen agent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkmenagent—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European l(o)yk-o- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lik- →