Where does “कार्मिक” come from?
कार्मिक (Hindi) comes from Hindi कर्म, from Sanskrit कर्मन्, from Sanskrit -मन्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -mā́.
कार्मिक (Hindi): worker, labourer; labour
Ancestry of “कार्मिक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | कर्म | action, act; fate, karma, consequence; object |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कर्मन् | act, action, performance, business; office,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -मन् | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -mā́ | — |