Where does “ayá” come from?
ayá (Kalasha) comes from Sanskrit अयम्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ayám, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
ayá (Kalasha): here
Ancestry of “ayá”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | अयम् | this, this one |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ayám | he, this |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |