Where does “مَيْدَان” come from?

مَيْدَان (Arabic) comes from Old Persian *madyānaʰ, from Proto-Iranian *madyānah, from Proto-Iranian *mádyah, from Proto-Indo-European *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

مَيْدَان (Arabic): field, arena, open tract

Definitions

  1. field, arena, open tract

Ancestry of “مَيْدَان”, step by step

مَيْدَان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Persian *madyānaʰ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian*madyānaʰ—
2Proto-Iranian*madyānah—
3Proto-Iranian*mádyahmiddle
4Proto-Indo-European*mádʰyas—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianmádʰyasmiddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

via Ukrainian майда́н

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianмайда́нsquare
2Russianмайданpublic square, marketplace, maidan, meidan

Words derived from “مَيْدَان”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European me →Every word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos →