Where does “म” come from?

म (Old Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.

म (Old Gujarati): not

Definitions

  1. not

Ancestry of “म”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमाdon't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,...
2Proto-IranianmáH—
3Proto-Indo-IranianmaHdo not; prohibitive particle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁prohibitive particle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH →Every word from Proto-Iranian máH →