Where does “أيها” come from?

أيها (Arabic) comes from Arabic هَا — behold, look!; oh.

أيها (Arabic): vocative particle preceding a noun used in direct...

Definitions

  1. vocative particle preceding a noun used in direct...

Ancestry of “أيها”, step by step

أيها traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic هَا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicهَاbehold, look!; oh

via Arabic أَيُّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَيُّ
Every word from Arabic هَا