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

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “अहम्”, step by step

अहम् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanaźʰámI
2Proto-Indo-Iranianaȷ́ʰámI, we
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm—

Words derived from “अहम्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám →