Where does “हम” come from?
हम (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.
हम (Old Hindi): we
Ancestry of “हम”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Apabhramsa | अम्हे | we |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 | we |
| 3 | Ashokan Prakrit | ??? | we; first-person plural personal pronoun |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अस्मे | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | asmáy | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥smé | us |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |