Where does “चिनिया” come from?

चिनिया (Hindi) comes from Hindi -इया, from Sanskrit -इका, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

चिनिया (Hindi): sugary, sweet; made of sugar

Definitions

  1. sugary, sweet; made of sugar

Ancestry of “चिनिया”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindi-इयाdiminutive feminine nominal suffix; adjectival...
2Sanskrit-इकाone who does; -er
3Sanskrit-इकadjectival suffix; doer
4Lithuanian-ikas—
5Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Sanskrit -इक →Every word from Sanskrit -इका →