Where does “-তা” come from?
-তা (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit -ता, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tā́, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
-তা (Bengali): -ness, -ity
Ancestry of “-তা”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | -ता | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -tā́ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |