Where does “جو” come from?
جو (Urdu) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑁄, from Sanskrit यः, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hyás, from Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European Hyós — who, which; already.
Ancestry of “جو”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀚𑁄 | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | यः | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hyás | — |
| 4 | Indo-Iranian | *Hyás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyós | who, which; already |