Where does “प्रेमिका” come from?

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

प्रेमिका (Hindi): a female lover

Definitions

  1. a female lover

Ancestry of “प्रेमिका”, step by step

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