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

  1. I; "first person nominative singular"

Ancestry of “હું”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old GujaratiहउंI
2Gurjar ApabhramsaहउंI
3Sauraseni Prakrit𑀅𑀳𑀁I
4Sanskritअहम्I
5Proto-Indo-AryanaźʰámI
6Proto-Indo-Iranianaȷ́ʰámI, we
7Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “હું”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám →