Where does “سوستک” come from?

سوستک (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

سوستک (Urdu): swastika; a lucky or auspicious object

Definitions

  1. swastika; a lucky or auspicious object

Ancestry of “سوستک”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritस्वस्तिकa kind of bard; any lucky or auspicious object,...
2Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
3Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →Every word from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक →