Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/duhtēr

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *dʰuktḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdux.tɛːr/

Noun

*duhtēr f

1. daughter

Inflection

r-stemDeclension of *duhtēr (r-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*duhtēr	*duhtriz
vocative	*duhter	*duhtriz
accusative	*duhterų	*duhtrunz
genitive	*duhturz	*duhtrǫ̂
dative	*duhtri	*duhtrumaz
instrumental	*duhtrē	*duhtrumiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dohter
  • Old English: dohtor, dohtur — Mercian; dohter — Northumbrian; dochtor, dæhter
    • Middle English: doughter
      • English: daughter
        • Australian Kriol: doda
      • Scots: dochter, daiter (rare, Orkney); daowter, dowter; dather (obsolete); dauchter, dother, douchter
      • Yola: doughtere, daughtere
  • Old Frisian: dochter
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: doochter

      Sylt: Daachter

    • Saterland Frisian: Dochter
    • West Frisian: dochter
  • Old Saxon: dohtar
    • Middle Low German: dochter
      • German Low German: Dochter
  • Old Dutch: dohter
    • Middle Dutch: dochter
      • Dutch: dochter
        • Afrikaans: dogter
        • Jersey Dutch: doxter
        • Negerhollands: dochter, dogter
        • Petjo: dohter
      • Limburgish: dóchter
  • Old High German: tohter
    • Middle High German: tohter
      • Alemannic German: Tochter

        Italian Walser: techter, töchter, tachter

      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: tochtar, toustar, tochtar

        Mòcheno: tochter

        Udinese: tochter, touchter, toachtar

      • Central Franconian:

        Kölsch: Dochter

      • German: Tochter
      • Luxembourgish: Duechter
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Pennsylvania German: Dochder

      • Vilamovian: tohter
      • Yiddish: טאָכטער (tokhter)
      • → Piedmontese: tota
• Proto-Norse: ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ pl (dohtriʀ), *ᛞᛟᚺᛏᛖᚱ (*dohter)
  • Old Norse: dóttir f sg
    • Icelandic: dóttir
    • Faroese: dóttir
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: dotter
    • Elfdalian: duotter
    • Old Swedish: dōttir, (Dalian law) doctir
      • Swedish: dotter
    • Danish: datter
      • Norwegian Bokmål: datter
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar)