Where does “हंम” come from?

हंम (Old Hindi) comes from Sauraseni Apabhramsa अम्हे, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂, from Ashokan Prakrit ???, from Sanskrit अस्मे, from Proto-Indo-Iranian asmáy, from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “हंम”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sauraseni Apabhramsaअम्हेwe
2Sauraseni Prakrit𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂we
3Ashokan Prakrit???we; first-person plural personal pronoun
4Sanskritअस्मे
5Proto-Indo-Iranianasmáy
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus
7Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥sméEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian asmáy
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