Where does “कूटनीतिज्ञ” come from?
कूटनीतिज्ञ (Hindi) comes from Hindi कूटनीति, from Hindi कूट, from Hindi कुटी, from Tamil குடி, from Dravidian dra, from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu.
कूटनीतिज्ञ (Hindi): diplomat, broker
Ancestry of “कूटनीतिज्ञ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | कूटनीति | diplomacy |
| 2 | Hindi | कूट | false, untrue, deceitful, tricky, corrupt; a... |
| 3 | Hindi | कुटी | — |
| 4 | Tamil | குடி | — |
| 5 | Dravidian | dra | — |
| 6 | Proto-Dravidian | *cīntu | — |