Where does “ter-” come from?

ter- (Classical Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.

ter- (Classical Malay): for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...

Definitions

  1. for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...

Ancestry of “ter-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-MalayictAr-—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀ-—
3Proto-Austronesiantaʀ-—

Words derived from “ter-”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian taʀ- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ- →Every word from Proto-Malayic tAr- →