Where does “هم” come from?
هم (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish هَمْ, from Persian هم, from Middle Persian hm, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎶, from Proto-Iranian hamHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian samHás, from Proto-Indo-European somHós, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Ancestry of “هم”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | هَمْ | — |
| 2 | Persian | هم | also, too; similarly |
| 3 | Middle Persian | hm | same, similar |
| 4 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎶 | same, together |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | hamHás | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | samHás | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | somHós | same, alike |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |