Where does “Maithili” come from?

Maithili (English) comes from Maithili मैथिली, from Sanskrit मैथिली, from Sanskrit मिथिला — Name of a city said to have been founded by मिथि...

Maithili (English): An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal and northern India

Definitions

  1. An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal and northern India

Ancestry of “Maithili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MaithiliमैथिलीMaithili language
2SanskritमैथिलीMaithili language
3SanskritमिथिलाName of a city said to have been founded by मिथि...
Every word from Sanskrit मिथिला →Every word from Sanskrit मैथिली →Every word from Maithili मैथिली →