Where does “मध्यम पुरुष” come from?

मध्यम पुरुष (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit मध्यमपुरुष, 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.

मध्यम पुरुष (Hindi): second person

Definitions

  1. second person

Ancestry of “मध्यम पुरुष”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमध्यमपुरुषa particular personification
2Sanskritमध्यमmiddlemost
3Sanskritमध्य॑
4Proto-Indo-Aryanmádʰyas
5Proto-Indo-Iranianmádʰyasmiddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meEvery word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos