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Where does “इदम्” come from?

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

इदम् (Sanskrit): this; here; now, just

Definitions

  1. this; here; now, just

Ancestry of “इदम्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianayámhe, this
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
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