Where does “वयम्” come from?
वयम् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan wayám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayám, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
वयम् (Sanskrit): we
Ancestry of “वयम्”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | wayám | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wayám | nominative plural of *aȷ́ʰám |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |