Where does “-ਏਰਾ” come from?

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

-ਏਰਾ (Punjabi): comparative adjectival suffix

Definitions

  1. comparative adjectival suffix

Ancestry of “-ਏਰਾ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Prakrit-𑀅—
2Sanskrit-तरforms the comparative degree of adjectives
3Proto-Indo-Aryan*-taras—
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*-taras—
5Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Sanskrit -तर →Every word from Prakrit -𑀅 →