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