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
- this; he; she; it; they proximal third person personal pronoun