Where does “अहम्” come from?
अहम् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
अहम् (Sanskrit): I
Ancestry of “अहम्”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | aźʰám | I |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | aȷ́ʰám | I, we |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
Words derived from “अहम्”