Where does “मधुमेह” come from?

मधुमेह (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit मधु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European médʰu — honey; honey wine, mead.

मधुमेह (Hindi): diabetes

Definitions

  1. diabetes

Ancestry of “मधुमेह”, step by step

मधुमेह traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit मधु

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमधुhoney
2Proto-Indo-Aryanmádʰuhoney
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmádʰuhoney; wine
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead

via Sanskrit मेह

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमेहurine
2Proto-Indo-IranianHmáyȷ́ʰas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃móyǵʰos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃meyǵʰ-to urinate

Words derived from “मधुमेह”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰu →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰu →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan mádʰu →