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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mádʰyas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos, perhaps from *me-dʰi- (“with, along”), from *me (“with”).

Adjective

*mádʰyas

  1. middle

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *mádʰyas[1]
    • Sanskrit: मध्य (mádhya) (see there for further descendants)
  • Iranian: *mádyah (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mádhya (9804)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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