Where does “yannūnāhaṃ” come from?

yannūnāhaṃ (Pali) comes from Pali ahaṃ, from Sanskrit अहम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

yannūnāhaṃ (Pali): now then let me

Definitions

  1. now then let me

Ancestry of “yannūnāhaṃ”, step by step

yannūnāhaṃ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali ahaṃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PaliahaṃI; we
2Sanskritअहम्I
3Proto-Indo-AryanaźʰámI
4Proto-Indo-Iranianaȷ́ʰámI, we
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Pali nūna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palinūna

via Pali yaṃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliyaṃwhom, which, that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰámEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám