Where does “ma” come from?

ma (Palula) comes from Sanskrit म, from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ma (Palula): I (1sg nom, subject), me (1sg direct object)

Definitions

  1. I (1sg nom, subject), me (1sg direct object)

Ancestry of “ma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमmeasure, magic, binding, fettering
2Proto-Indo-Iranianaȷ́ʰámI, we
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám →Every word from Sanskrit म →