Where does “eh” come from?

eh (English) comes from English ain't, from English am not.

eh (English): Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes...

Definitions

  1. Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes...

Ancestry of “eh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishain'tAm not; Are not, aren’t; is not, isn’t; am not;...
2Englisham not—
Every word from English am not →