Where does “یہ” come from?

یہ (Urdu) comes from Old Hindi यहु, from Sauraseni Apabhramsa एहु, from Sauraseni Prakrit ???, from Sanskrit एष, from Sanskrit इयत्तक, from Sanskrit -तक, from Sanskrit तद्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sá — this; that.

یہ (Urdu): this; he; she; it; they proximal third person personal pronoun

Definitions

  1. this; he; she; it; they proximal third person personal pronoun

Ancestry of “یہ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Hindiयहुthis; he, she, it
2Sauraseni Apabhramsaएहु
3Sauraseni Prakrit???
4Sanskritएषgliding, running, hastening; nominative singular...
5Sanskritइयत्तकso small, little
6Sanskrit-तक
7Sanskritतद्it; that; this
8Proto-Indo-Iranianhe
9Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Every word from Sanskrit तद्