Where does “ter” come from?
ter (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic teže, from Proto-Slavic že, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ge, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.
ter (Serbo-Croatian): and
Ancestry of “ter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | teže | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | že | so that, since; "emphatic enclitic" |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ge | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | — |