Where does “majja” come from?

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

majja (Pali): intoxicant

Definitions

  1. intoxicant

Ancestry of “majja”, step by step

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

Words derived from “majja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Sanskrit -य →Every word from Sanskrit मद्य →