Where does “ভক্তি” come from?

ভক্তি (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit भक्ति, from Sanskrit -ति, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

ভক্তি (Bengali): worship; devotion; piety

Definitions

  1. worship; devotion; piety

Ancestry of “ভক্তি”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभक्तिdistribution, partition, separation; division,...
2Sanskrit-ति-ness
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Sanskrit -ति →Every word from Sanskrit भक्ति →