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

Definitions

  1. liquor, alcohol

Ancestry of “મદ્ય”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमद्यintoxicating, exhilarating, gladdening, lovely;...
2Sanskrit-यsuffix denoting state or origin
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Sanskrit -य →Every word from Sanskrit मद्य →