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

Definitions

  1. -ness, -ity

Ancestry of “-তা”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-ता—
2Proto-Indo-Iranian-tā́—
3Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “-তা”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Sanskrit -ता →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tā́ →