Where does “मधु” come from?

मधु (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European médʰu — honey; honey wine, mead.

मधु (Sanskrit): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “मधु”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanmádʰuhoney
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmádʰuhoney; wine
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead

Words derived from “मधु”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰu →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰu →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan mádʰu →
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