Where does “தீபிகை” come from?

தீபிகை (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit दीपिका, from Sanskrit -इका, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

தீபிகை (Tamil): lamp

Definitions

  1. lamp

Ancestry of “தீபிகை”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदीपिकाlight, lamp, lantern; moonlight; "illustrator" or...
2Sanskrit-इकाone who does; -er
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 Sanskrit -इका →