Where does “be” come from?

be (Palula) comes from Sanskrit वयम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wayám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayám, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

be (Palula): we (1pl nom)

Definitions

  1. we (1pl nom)

Ancestry of “be”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवयम्we
2Proto-Indo-Aryanwayám—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwayámnominative plural of *aȷ́ʰám
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayám →