Where does “तुम्हि” come from?
तुम्हि (Sauraseni Apabhramsa) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂, from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀨𑁂, from Sanskrit युष्मद् — the base of the second-person pronoun.
Ancestry of “तुम्हि”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 | you all; second-person plural personal pronoun |
| 2 | Ashokan Prakrit | 𑀢𑀼𑀨𑁂 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | युष्मद् | the base of the second-person pronoun |
Words derived from “तुम्हि”