Where does “अधम” come from?
अधम (Old Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit अधम, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)adʰamás.
अधम (Old Gujarati): base, vile
Ancestry of “अधम”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | अधम | superlative degree of अधर ; lowest, very low;... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *(H)adʰamás | — |