Where does “द्वैभाषिक” come from?
द्वैभाषिक (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
द्वैभाषिक (Hindi): bilingual
Ancestry of “द्वैभाषिक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | -इक | adjectival suffix; doer |
| 2 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |