Where does “ayám” come from?

ayám (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ayám, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

Ancestry of “ayám”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianayámhe, this
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éy →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ayám →
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