Where does “بَہ” come from?

بَہ (Kashmiri) comes from Sanskrit वयम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wayám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayám, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

بَہ (Kashmiri): I; first-person singular pronoun

Definitions

  1. I; first-person singular pronoun

Ancestry of “بَہ”, step by step

بَہ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit वयम्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवयम्we
2Proto-Indo-Aryanwayám—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwayámnominative plural of *aȷ́ʰám
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Classical Persian به

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianبه—
2Georgian-ა{{non-gloss|Suffixed to nouns and adjectives for...
3Georgian-ადAdverbial case marker; Derives adverbs from...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayám →