Where does “अन्यतर” come from?

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

अन्यतर (Sanskrit): either of two; other

Definitions

  1. either of two; other

Ancestry of “अन्यतर”, 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

Words derived from “अन्यतर”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Sanskrit -तर →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-taras →
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