Where does “यईच” come from?
यईच (Hindi) comes from Hindi यह, from Old Hindi यहु, from Sauraseni Apabhramsa एहु, from Sauraseni Prakrit ???, from Sanskrit एष, from Sanskrit इयत्तक, from Sanskrit -तक, from Sanskrit तद् — this; that.
यईच (Hindi): Synonym of यही
Ancestry of “यईच”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | यह | this one; he; she; it; this |
| 2 | Old Hindi | यहु | this; he, she, it |
| 3 | Sauraseni Apabhramsa | एहु | — |
| 4 | Sauraseni Prakrit | ??? | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | एष | gliding, running, hastening; nominative singular... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | इयत्तक | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | -तक | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | तद् | it; that; this |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sá | he |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |