Where does “हम असर” come from?

हम असर (Hindi) comes from Persian هم, from Middle Persian hm, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎶, from Proto-Iranian hamHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian samHás, from Proto-Indo-European somHós, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

हम असर (Hindi): contemporary, concurrent

Definitions

  1. contemporary, concurrent

Ancestry of “हम असर”, step by step

हम असर traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian هم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهمalso, too; similarly
2Middle Persianhmsame, similar
3Old Persian𐏃𐎶same, together
4Proto-IranianhamHás—
5Proto-Indo-IraniansamHássame, equal
6Proto-Indo-EuropeansomHóssame, alike
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Arabic عصر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعصرto press, to squeeze, to wring; to modernize,...
2Arabicعَصَرَto press, to squeeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European somHós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian samHás →