Where does “लैंगिकता” come from?
लैंगिकता (Hindi) comes from Hindi लैंगिक, from Sanskrit लैङ्गिक, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
लैंगिकता (Hindi): sexuality
Ancestry of “लैंगिकता”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | लैंगिक | sexual; phallic |
| 2 | Sanskrit | लैङ्गिक | based upon a characteristic mark or evidence or... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -इक | adjectival suffix; doer |
| 4 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |