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
Ancestry of “ভক্তি”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | भक्ति | distribution, partition, separation; division,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -ति | -ness |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |