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

Definitions

  1. sexuality

Ancestry of “लैंगिकता”, step by step

लैंगिकता traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi लैंगिक

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiलैंगिकsexual; phallic
2Sanskritलैङ्गिकbased upon a characteristic mark or evidence or...
3Sanskrit-इकadjectival suffix; doer
4Lithuanian-ikas—
5Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

via Hindi ता

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiताuntil
2Classical Persianتا—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Sanskrit -इक →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →
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