Where does “ter” come from?

ter (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish تر, from Persian تر, from Middle Persian tl' — wet, moist.

ter (Turkish): sweat

Definitions

  1. sweat

Ancestry of “ter”, step by step

ter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish تر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishترsweat; used to imitate a tremble or...
2Persianترmoist, wet; A suffix forming the comparative...
3Middle Persiantl'wet, moist

via Proto-Turkic dẹr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicdẹrsweat, perspiration

Words derived from “ter”

Every word from Middle Persian tl' →Every word from Persian تر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تر →