Where does “ह्यः” come from?

ह्यः (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit ह्यस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰyás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés — yesterday.

ह्यः (Hindi): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “ह्यः”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritह्यस्yesterday
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰyásyesterday
3Proto-Indo-European*dʰǵʰyésyesterday
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰyás →Every word from Sanskrit ह्यस् →