Where does “اہم” come from?

اہم (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit अहम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

اہم (Urdu): important; ego

Definitions

  1. important; ego

Ancestry of “اہم”, step by step

اہم traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit अहम्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअहम्I
2Proto-Indo-AryanaźʰámI
3Proto-Indo-Iranianaȷ́ʰámI, we
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Arabic أَهَمّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَهَمّ—

Words derived from “اہم”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian aȷ́ʰám →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan aźʰám →