Where does “हम” come from?

हम (Hindi) comes from Old Hindi हम, from Sauraseni Apabhramsa अम्हे, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂, from Ashokan Prakrit ???, from Sanskrit अस्मे, from Proto-Indo-Iranian asmáy, from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

हम (Hindi): we: first-person plural personal pronoun, plural...

Definitions

  1. we: first-person plural personal pronoun, plural...

Ancestry of “हम”, step by step

हम traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Hindi हम

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Hindiहमwe
2Sauraseni Apabhramsaअम्हेwe
3Sauraseni Prakrit𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂we
4Ashokan Prakrit???we; first-person plural personal pronoun
5Sanskritअस्मे—
6Proto-Indo-Iranianasmáy—
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus
8Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Classical Persian هم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianهم—
2Pahlavihm—
3Old Persian𐏃𐎶same, together
4Proto-IranianhamHás—
5Proto-Indo-IraniansamHássame, equal
6Proto-Indo-EuropeansomHóssame, alike
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “हम”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian asmáy →