Where does “تر” come from?

تر (Gawar-Bati) comes from Pashto تر, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tr̥Hás, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

تر (Gawar-Bati): a place for swimming

Definitions

  1. a place for swimming

Ancestry of “تر”, step by step

تر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pashto تر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pashtoتر—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniantr̥Hásthrough
3Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥h₂-ó-s—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

via Sanskrit तॄ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतॄto pass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂-ó-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tr̥Hás →