Where does “वह्” come from?

वह् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan waźʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian waȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

वह् (Sanskrit): to carry

Definitions

  1. to carry

Ancestry of “वह्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanwaźʰ-—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianwaȷ́ʰ-bear, carry; drive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

Words derived from “वह्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian waȷ́ʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan waźʰ- →
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