Where does “मैथिली” come from?

मैथिली (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit मैथिली, from Sanskrit मिथिला — Name of a city said to have been founded by मिथि...

मैथिली (Hindi): Maithili, the language of Mithila, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal

Definitions

  1. Maithili, the language of Mithila, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal

Ancestry of “मैथिली”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SanskritमैथिलीMaithili language
2SanskritमिथिलाName of a city said to have been founded by मिथि...
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