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

  1. this one; he; she; it; this

Ancestry of “यह”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Hindiयहुthis; he, she, it
2Sauraseni Apabhramsaएहु—
3Sauraseni Prakrit???—
4Sanskritएषgliding, running, hastening; nominative singular...
5Sanskritइयत्तकso small, little
6Sanskrit-तक—
7Sanskritतद्it; that; this
8Proto-Indo-Iraniansáhe
9Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “यह”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sá →Every word from Sanskrit तद् →