Where does “यहाँ-वहाँ” come from?

यहाँ-वहाँ (Hindi) comes from Hindi यहाँ, from Sanskrit इह, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hidʰá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hidʰá, from Proto-Indo-European h₁i-dʰe- — here.

यहाँ-वहाँ (Hindi): here and there

Definitions

  1. here and there

Ancestry of “यहाँ-वहाँ”, step by step

यहाँ-वहाँ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi यहाँ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiयहाँhere
2Sanskritइहhere; in this; now
3Proto-Indo-AryanHidʰáhere
4Proto-Indo-IranianHidʰáhere
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁i-dʰe-here

via Hindi वहाँ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiवहाँthere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁i-dʰe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hidʰá →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hidʰá →
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