Where does “hm” come from?
hm (Pahlavi) comes 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 “hm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎶 | same, together |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | hamHás | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | samHás | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | somHós | same, alike |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |