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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

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

Words derived from “हम”

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