Where does “-ത” come from?

-ത (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit -ता, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tā́, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

-ത (Malayalam): ness; forms abstract nouns

Definitions

  1. ness; forms abstract nouns

Ancestry of “-ത”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ത”

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