Where does “हौं” come from?

हौं (Braj) comes from Sanskrit अहम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

हौं (Braj): I; first-person singular present of होन

Definitions

  1. I; first-person singular present of होन

Ancestry of “हौं”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअहम्I
2Proto-Indo-AryanaźʰámI
3Proto-Indo-Iranianaȷ́ʰámI, we
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám →