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Where does “मध्य॑” come from?

मध्य॑ (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

Ancestry of “मध्य॑”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanmádʰyas—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmádʰyasmiddle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
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