Where does “žmogiškumas” come from?
žmogiškumas (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian žmogiškas, from Lithuanian -iškas, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.
žmogiškumas (Lithuanian): humanity
Ancestry of “žmogiškumas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lithuanian | žmogiškas | human |
| 2 | Lithuanian | -iškas | A suffix that generally forms adjectives from... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |