Where does “विषमलैंगिकता” come from?

विषमलैंगिकता (Hindi) comes from Hindi विषमलैंगिक, from Hindi लैंगिक, from Sanskrit लैङ्गिक, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

विषमलैंगिकता (Hindi): heterosexuality

Definitions

  1. heterosexuality

Ancestry of “विषमलैंगिकता”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiविषमलैंगिकheterosexual
2Hindiलैंगिकsexual; phallic
3Sanskritलैङ्गिकbased upon a characteristic mark or evidence or...
4Sanskrit-इकadjectival suffix; doer
5Lithuanian-ikas—
6Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Sanskrit -इक →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →