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

Definitions

  1. we

Ancestry of “हम”, 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

Words derived from “हम”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian asmáy →