Where does “kota madya” come from?
kota madya (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian madya, from Javanese ꦩꦢꦾ, from Old Javanese madhya, from Sanskrit मध्य, from Proto-Indo-European *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
kota madya (Indonesian): city: a second-level urban administration division in Indonesia which had wali kota as chief executive
Definitions
- city: a second-level urban administration division in Indonesia which had wali kota as chief executive
Ancestry of “kota madya”, step by step
kota madya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian madya
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | madya | center, centre |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦩꦢꦾ | middle |
| 3 | Old Javanese | madhya | middle |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मध्य | middle; central; centre, middle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *mádʰyas | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mádʰyas | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |