Where does “मद्यपान” come from?
मद्यपान (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit पान, from Sanskrit अन, from Sanskrit अन्, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁‑ — to breathe.
मद्यपान (Sanskrit): drinking of alcohol
Ancestry of “मद्यपान”, step by step
मद्यपान traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit पान
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | पान | an act of drinking |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अन | breath, respiration |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अन् | to breathe |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁‑ | to breathe |
via Sanskrit मद्य
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | मद्य | intoxicating, exhilarating, gladdening, lovely;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -य | suffix denoting state or origin |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “मद्यपान”