Where does “em” come from?

em (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish هم, from Old Anatolian Turkish هَمْ, from Persian هم, from Middle Persian hm, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎶, from Proto-Iranian hamHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian samHás, from Proto-Indo-European somHós — together, one.

em (Serbo-Croatian): not only … but also

Definitions

  1. not only … but also

Ancestry of “em”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishهمboth... and
2Old Anatolian Turkishهَمْ—
3Persianهمalso, too; similarly
4Middle Persianhmsame, similar
5Old Persian𐏃𐎶same, together
6Proto-IranianhamHás—
7Proto-Indo-IraniansamHássame, equal
8Proto-Indo-EuropeansomHóssame, alike
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European somHós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian samHás →