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