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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sauraseni Prakrit𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂you all; second-person plural personal pronoun
2Ashokan Prakrit𑀢𑀼𑀨𑁂you all; second-person plural personal pronoun
3Sanskritयुष्मद्the base of the second-person pronoun

Words derived from “तुम्हि

Every word from Sanskrit युष्मद्Every word from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀨𑁂Every word from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂
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