Where does “यः” come from?
यः (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hyás, from Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European Hyós — who, which; already.
Ancestry of “यः”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hyás | — |
| 2 | Indo-Iranian | *Hyás | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyós | who, which; already |