Where does “ലൈംഗിക” come from?

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

ലൈംഗിക (Malayalam): sexual; pertaining to sex

Definitions

  1. sexual; pertaining to sex

Ancestry of “ലൈംഗിക”, step by step

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