Where does “यही” come from?
यही (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.
यही (Hindi): this very – emphatic form of यह
Definitions
- this very – emphatic form of यह
Ancestry of “यही”, step by step
यही traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi यह
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | so small, little |
| 7 | Sanskrit | -तक | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | तद् | it; that; this |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sá | he |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |