Where does “এই” come from?
এই (Assamese) comes from Old Assamese এহি, from Sanskrit एष, from Sanskrit इयत्तक, from Sanskrit -तक, from Sanskrit तद्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sá, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
এই (Assamese): this; she
Ancestry of “এই”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Assamese | এহি | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | एष | gliding, running, hastening; nominative singular... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | इयत्तक | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | -तक | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | तद् | it; that; this |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sá | he |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |