Where does “अयम्” come from?
अयम् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ayám, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
अयम् (Sanskrit): this, this one
Ancestry of “अयम्”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ayám | he, this |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |
Words derived from “अयम्”