Where does “हम-” come from?
हम- (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian هم, from Pahlavi 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- (Hindi): same, co-
Ancestry of “हम-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | هم | — |
| 2 | Pahlavi | hm | — |
| 3 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎶 | same, together |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | hamHás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | samHás | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | somHós | same, alike |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |