Where does “-तर” come from?

-तर (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit -तर, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-taras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-taras, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

-तर (Hindi): forms the comparative degree of some nouns of Sanskrit origin

Definitions

  1. forms the comparative degree of some nouns of Sanskrit origin

Ancestry of “-तर”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-तरforms the comparative degree of adjectives
2Proto-Indo-Aryan*-taras—
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*-taras—
4Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Sanskrit -तर →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-taras →