Where does “હું” come from?
હું (Gujarati) comes from Old Gujarati हउं, from Gurjar Apabhramsa हउं, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑀁, from Sanskrit अहम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
હું (Gujarati): I; "first person nominative singular"
Definitions
- I; "first person nominative singular"
Ancestry of “હું”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Gujarati | हउं | I |
| 2 | Gurjar Apabhramsa | हउं | I |
| 3 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀅𑀳𑀁 | I |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अहम् | I |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | aźʰám | I |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | aȷ́ʰám | I, we |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |