Where does “एहु” come from?
एहु (Sauraseni Apabhramsa) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit ???, from Sanskrit एष, from Sanskrit इयत्तक, from Sanskrit -तक, from Sanskrit तद्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sá, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
Ancestry of “एहु”, step by step
एहु traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sauraseni Prakrit ???
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | ??? | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | एष | gliding, running, hastening; nominative singular... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | इयत्तक | so small, little |
| 4 | Sanskrit | -तक | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | तद् | it; that; this |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sá | he |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Sauraseni Prakrit ???
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | ??? | — |