Where does “મધ્યમ” come from?

મધ્યમ (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit मध्यम, from Sanskrit मध्य॑, from Proto-Indo-Aryan 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.

મધ્યમ (Gujarati): middle; moderate, intermediate

Definitions

  1. middle; moderate, intermediate

Ancestry of “મધ્યમ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमध्यमmiddlemost
2Sanskritमध्य॑—
3Proto-Indo-Aryanmádʰyas—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmádʰyasmiddle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European me →Every word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos →