Where does “ಮದ್ಯ” come from?

ಮದ್ಯ (Kannada) comes from Sanskrit मद्य, from Sanskrit -य, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

ಮದ್ಯ (Kannada): liquor

Definitions

  1. liquor

Ancestry of “ಮದ್ಯ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमद्यintoxicating, exhilarating, gladdening, lovely;...
2Sanskrit-यsuffix denoting state or origin
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Sanskrit -य →Every word from Sanskrit मद्य →