Where does “*Hántarah” come from?
*Hántarah (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
Ancestry of “*Hántarah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hántaras | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |