Where does “பக்தி” come from?

பக்தி (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit भक्ति, from Sanskrit -ति, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

பக்தி (Tamil): devotion; duty

Definitions

  1. devotion; duty

Ancestry of “பக்தி”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभक्तिdistribution, partition, separation; division,...
2Sanskrit-ति-ness
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Sanskrit -ति →Every word from Sanskrit भक्ति →