Where does “મદ્ય” come from?
મદ્ય (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit मद्य, from Sanskrit -य, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
મદ્ય (Gujarati): liquor, alcohol
Ancestry of “મદ્ય”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | मद्य | intoxicating, exhilarating, gladdening, lovely;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -य | suffix denoting state or origin |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |